Spot the Retiree
This is the age that John is retiring.
What is: 68
On a Saturday in July, this is the place you will find John.
What is: On his boat on Lake Minnetonka
This is the nickname that John calls his current boss.
What is: The Hillbilly
This country is home to almost 6 million people and is located 85 miles north of the equator. It is made up of 63 islands and most of those islands are inhabited. In addition to 24 nature reserves and 5 nature parks on the mainland alone, you can find the highest man-made waterfall and famous Gardens by the Bay in this country.
This is: Singapore
This was John's first job on an official payroll.
What is: Line Cook at The Redbarn in Edina (Winter) and Dean Crooks Mobile Station (Summer)
This is John's official title when he retired.
What is: Senior Account Executive
Given the choice between downhill skiing and waterskiing, this is the option that John would choose.
What is: Downhill skiing
Within a 3-hour range, this is the number of hours per week John estimates he worked on average over his career.
What is: 50 hours/week on average
This place is considered the cradle of Western civilization as it is the oldest capital city in Europe. With over 80% of the country covered by mountainous landscape, this country has a royal family, but it does not hold any governing power. This country also shares land borders with four other countries: Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey.
This is: Greece
This is the only place that John was ever fired from.
What is: The Redbarn
This is where John considers the 'best burger in Wayzata' can be found.
McCormick's Irish Pub
This hunting expedition has always been on John's mind and will hopefully happen during his retirement.
What is: Elk Hunting in Colorado
This is the worst job John ever had.
What is: (Overall) Basement Waterproofing
(Professional) Oracle
This retirement destination is located in the Atlantic Ocean - southeast of Miami, Florida, and east of Cuba and Hispaniola. It is home to 230 miles of white sand beaches and the third largest barrier reef system in the world. This island is famous for its history of piracy, and its name comes from a Lucayan word meaning "string of islands" as it was was used to warn people to avoid the pirate islands. The local currency is the USD.
This is the number of companies John worked for throughout his professional career.
Double your points if you can name all of them.
What is: 6 Companies
Industrial Components, Intel, Sun Microsystems, Technical Publishing Solutions (then became Stellent), Oracle, OpenText
This is what John considers his greatest accomplishment.
Personally: Having and raising his kids
Professionally: Closing a $150M deal with AT&T (now equivalent to $310M today)
(Either answer would be accepted)
This is what John is most excited about for retirement.
What is: Not having to work so hard to meet a deadline.
This is the decade John considers to have been the "most challenging" in his career.
What is: 2000
This country has a rugged coastline with over 50,000 islands, and the world's second longest coastline after Canada. It's also home to the northernmost point in Europe and has the highest concentration of fjords (a long, narrow inlet of water with steep sides or cliffs that were formed by glaciers) in the world. This country introduced salmon to sushi in the 1980s when they had too much salmon to sell and is famous across the world has one of the best places to experience the northern lights because it's located in the "northern lights belt."
This is: Norway
** DAILY DOUBLE **
What is: 22 times
This is John's dream car.
Datsun 240z or Audi SQ8
These are the two achievements John is most looking forward to accomplishing after retiring.
What is: Receive his Master Scuba Diving License and his Captain's License
This is the number of times that John has exceeded his sales quota.
This is: 30 times