Nic Peeling has a doctorate from the Computing Laboratory at Oxford University. He joined the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (RSRE) in 1979 as a research scientist. As RSRE evolved into the Defence Research Agency, and finally a public listed company called QinetiQ, Nic moved from research, through technology exploitation to become a manager and an IT consultant.
In 2007, as QinetiQ streamlined its organisation, Nic realised that he should consider semi-retirement. Pearson Education expressed interest in Nic writing Brilliant retirement so he started to research the subject in earnest. Nic left QinetiQ in April 2008 and now works about one day a week as a visiting research fellow at Cranfield University. In researching this book Nic has talked to hundreds of retired people. This book is their story and tells you how to recognise and avoid the many pitfalls that could spoil what should be the best part of your life. Nic has followed the advice he gives you in this book, and has an almost permanent smile on his face.
