On Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 10:02:16 PM UTC-5, Don Y wrote:
On 10/1/2015 7:28 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:

I live in fear of "forced" retirement -- i.e., when my mind or body can no
longer keep up with the goals that I set for myself. My current project
has me taxed to the limits of my abilities -- so much so that, for the
first time in my career, I actually wonder if I can pull it off!

I have no idea what to do *after* this as I'm sure whatever goal I set
*would* be unattainable! :

You can always do what extremely intelligent and creative people have done
since the beginning, take on an apprentice and pass on your knowledge to
someone younger. I've known a lot of guys who's sons weren't interested in
their profession so they had to find a young person who who was fascinated
with what they did and eager to learn. ^_^

But that inherently limits what *I* can learn (other than "how to teach").

I currently prepare "documents" that describe my thought processes for
each aspect of this project in a narrative fashion. So, *they* can
talk to those who follow after me: "Why did he choose to do THIS
instead of THAT? Ahhh... I see!"

It's also a force multiplier: it can talk to N people instead of me
having to answer the same (potentially) question N times from those
N people "in person".

I suppose that would make you a virtual instructor? ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Virtual Monster