[sammyg2]

About 7 years ago I mentioned to my boss that I most likely wouldn't be around past the end of the year (6 months) and that i would be willing to start training a replacement if he wanted.
It was about 50% bluff but didn't care if he called it.

I got 3 raises in 3 months and they started giving me a significant retention bonus every year, but they don't mature for 3 years.
Gotta stick around to cash them in.
So far I've used them to put my daughter through college and buy the wife a new car and pad the retirement fund a bit.

Last year I was recruited to do R&D for a "green energy" company.
Part of the deal I asked for was, they had to match the retention bonuses that were already on the books. They didn't bat an eye.

That's prolly enough for my Son's edumacation at USC or Cal Tech.
more than enough more if he chooses UCLA (harumph!)

it helps that he will gradumacate from high school with enough AP course credits to cover about a year and a half of college at most places.