Americans are retiring later and picking up part-time work to cushion their savings, pursue a long-lost passion, or simply fill the extra downtime. After sunsetting their decades-long careers in the aerospace industry, brothers Jerry and Peter Wong decided to add a bit of magic to their lives by working at Disney.
Jerry Wong, 66, is a photographer snapping pictures of park-goers at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. He joined as a photographer four years ago, the same year he wrapped his career as an engineer at aerospace and defense giant Northrop Grumman. He began as a summer intern in 1979, and went on to lead a four-decade career at the $75 billion company. Jerry worked on ground communications for government contracts—picking up people skills he now uses at Disney—and later retired from the profession in 2022.
