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For a lot of retirees in the present day, the key to a profitable retirement is an oxymoron; a profitable retirement truly means work. However any such work might look totally different than the profession you’ve held for 40 years. As a substitute, there are a bunch of second careers that in the present day’s retirees are pursuing. “Folks in the present day are saying, ‘I don’t wish to sit on my porch after I retire,'” says Chicago, Sick.