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About 10 years ago, GE started expiring passwords every 6 months. I came up with a system with a common word I used for a password many years before. I inserted a number in the middle which was incremented each time the password was changed. Over time, the requirement was mix of upper and lower and a special character. So those were added into the formula.

When I went to my next job, it was monthly changes...

Basically, I have the same password I used on a mainframe back 30+ years ago. And it is not likely to be guessed.
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