Retirement for a Dental Lab Technician

[Davesgone]

How does a dental lab technician retire these days? Any ideas?

 

[Andrew Priddy]

throw all your crap in the garbage and move to Costa Rica?
throw all your crap in the garbage and move to Mexico?

two great ideas.

 

[rkm rdt]

Tell all your accounts to

 

[Doris A]

Sell your equipment, lock the door and never look back!

 

[bigj1972]

Roll the chair out to the driveway, strike a match,

 

[2000markpeters]

Hopefully if you own a lab, and that your EBDA (earnings before depreciation and amortization, excluding any non-cash expenses related to stock compensation activities) is really good and you can get a multiple of 8 to 10 times. This should set you up nicely and you move to your deserted island and enjoy the rest of your life.

If your a tech with no lab lets hope you saved up a nice nest egg

 

[rkm rdt]

As long as my printer has enough ink and paper for invoices, why retire?
I made enough money for today and the coffee pot is still warm.

 

[LuthorCorp]

I agree with the above sentiments, albeit it is a far distant prospect for me but my view is unless you own a lab better start investing because its gunna take awhile otherwise.

 

[CatamountRob]

My plan is to order up a dumpster, fill it and walk away.
Id be happy to carve duck decoys and go to decoy shows when I’m not fishing.
I’ve still got a daughter finishing up her nurse practitioner doctorate degree and another in med school so unfortunately, I’m not phoning the refuse company just yet.

 

[zero_zero]

throw all your crap in the garbage and move to Mexico?

Yup, that's me. My retirement had lasted less than a year... Nowadays I got to boss three dentists around, yeah, payback is a b#tch. Life never been better

 

[Affinity]

Retirement is the carrot dangled in front of the middle class to get them to go to work all their life. Retirement is for quitters who like baggy cargo shorts.

 

[sidesh0wb0b]

Retirement is the carrot dangled in front of the middle class to get them to go to work all their life. Retirement is for quitters who like baggy cargo shorts.

hey! i like my cargo shorts!

 

[rkm rdt]

hey! i like my cargo shorts!

It’s those black knee highs and sandals we have an issue with.

 

[bigj1972]

 

[Doris A]

How does a dental lab technician retire these days? Any ideas?

Why, are you thinking about throwing in the towel?!?!?

 

[zero_zero]

It’s those black knee highs and sandals we have an issue with.

Sandals and white knee socks...

 

[doug]

I've got about 18 months left in me.

 

[rkm rdt]

I've got about 18 months left in me.

It’ll pull you back in

 

[JohnWilson]

Retirement is death, I still love what I am doing. Now think about all the wisdom you all have to pass on....

Just make choices that make you happy, if this is just a job go find something that isn't, if this is all you know and you feel trapped, go find a way to change that.

As to the answer, I will retire when the trade becomes less challenging less rewarding and when the guy that just has to have what I have writes a big fat check.

 

[rkm rdt]

Life has a way of getting in the way of your plans.