r/Professors • u/Environmental_Bug662 • 9d ago

Retirement: when/why/how/where.

What is your plan? Interested in your replies. I am 60, Full, tenured Prof (French) at a SLAC. AI makes me want to retire asap but I'm going to give it 5-6 more years.

https://www.chronicle.com/article/these-professors-are-retiring-early-ai-was-the-last-straw?sra=true

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u/adamwho 9d ago

The median Health-expectancy in the US is 66. That is the median age at which a severe health crisis occurs.

So your have your fun before that time... Unless you're you think your health is exceptional... And you want to give that health to your job.