Retirement delayed and broke anyway

[LittleGirl]

5. I worked steadily from '76 to 2006

I never had children which helped me, I guess, keep jobs except that I moved states many times between 1980-2000. There was an excellent trend where I made more money with each job change and got more college credits but those places didn't have pensions. When I finished my degree, the company I worked for didn't promote me even though two other male colleagues did get promoted. We were in the same college program. They promoted those two but not me. I was furious. I finally had that degree to compliment my 20+ years of IT experience. I started as a secretary after working in restaurants for a decade before that.