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Ask HN: Why is there no boom around the baby boomers?

by chrisfrantz·9y ago·3 comments·view on hn ↗

There's a large market of retired people looking for ways to stay active and/or generate a small amount of side income. Are there any businesses targeted specifically toward their demo? My dad has a ton of time on his hands and occasionally dog / house sits, and I'm he's not the only one. I'd love to get him hooked up with an existing network but there doesn't seem to be one that I can find. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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Probably because they are too busy enjoying all the money they got from free education, affordable housing that skyrocketed in value over the course of their lifetime and great final salary pension schemes, all the while pulling the ladder up behind them. Work is hard to fit into the 6 months abroad in the holiday home in the South of France lifestyle. The gig economy type jobs are for us not them!

Or maybe as a child of the boomer generation I'm just bitter :P

There is an online service (forgot the name) in which older english-speaking people chat online with teenagers learning english as a second language. If I recall correctly, it was not paid, more a volunteer exchange of company for education.

So not exactly a market, but a neat idea and possible jnspiration on the topic.

My wife is Korean and she used to take ESL classes from retired people. It was a casual meetup and she improved her English by taking part of the class. I think the retired teacher benefited as well by staying active with the community