I am 59 and have been on the assembly line for 30 years. Don’t care how good of a job you have. Not a pleasant place to be. The last 15 years I drove off the end of final assembly. Spent 10 minutes with truck doing alignment and roll testing. Walk back and do it again. About 18,000 steps per day, no joke. Looking forward to the next chapter.
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18,000 steps per day, wow! I'd need to run over ten miles a day to do that, I may at best manage a 4-6 miles run on a working day, time and weather permitting. I feel so guilty not having run or biked as much as planned this year; this darn GMC truck sucked up a lot of my time LOL
Working in factories is hard work for sure; having previously owned several electronics manufacturing plants in other countries, I know assembly line work is repetitive, however, despite being an owner, I worked hard and long hours, usually onsite, being an example to thousands of workers in the plants.
I'm significantly older (than you Keith), well past retirement age, however, love what I do, its mentally challenging, and I intend to continue working as long as my brain cells keep functioning. Now, being a self employed technology consultant/contractor, has its pros and cons; pros are great $ when you have a contract, cons are 0$ between contracts, no unemployment pay etc. In my line of work, technology jobs are extremely competitive, I need to continually strive to be better than the best to attract clients with deep pockets. I thank the lord for being so kind to me.