You know, I've been thinking about things and I have no intention of settling on any one career. I will do one thing for a period of years and then move on to something new (and likely related to and building upon what I did before. (Like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneur#Lifestyle_entrepreneur)
I like what I'm doing right now and maybe I will finish up my college degree in the next few years, just to have it.
I also want to get a job teaching college students part-time... so maybe I'll try get an advanced degree sometime before I'm 50. I think teaching at 50 or 60 wold be a great career.
I like the concept of "mini-retirements", too. Travel and enjoy life periodically while young and save money just in case you can't work when you get old. Waiting until you are 60 to retire and enjoy life is just bogus and most of the older people I know right now can't even afford to retire anyway.
Obviously people need to be able to provide for their families, so...
I think, ideally, a person has several things they can do that make them a decent wage if they need it (bookkeeping, teaching guitar lessons, working as a handyman, etc.) On top of that, a college degree is a good thing to have, just in case. (Or a thing TO have if you want to be an engineer, doctor or lawyer or something.)
I'm going to tell my kids to get a degree in whatever they are interested in doing at the time they go to college. I'll tell them not to take on too much debt to get it, though, so that you can afford to switch careers or even go back to school later if you have to / want to. Unless of course they passionately want to do only one career and have no problem choosing a major lol.
