Episode 5: Financial Health Concerns for Developers




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Summary: Finishing out our series on Health Concerns for Developers we delve into the realm of financial health. In this episode, we discuss a number of issues that can derail software developers from effectively managing their finances. We start out with a breakdown of some pretty alarming statistics regarding average household debt levels in America and how those are broken down across a number of categories. Next, we discuss some ways that developers can deal with their financial problems. Without getting too technical, we suggest some strategies to being digging out from under debt, including ways to reduce expenses, reduce outstanding debt, and increasing income. Finally, we point a couple of things that may help you get through it all successfully. LINKS <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-applications/11-iot-programming-languages-worth-knowing/d/d-id/1319375?itc=edit_in_body_cross&amp;image_number=3" target="_blank">11 IoT Programming Languages</a> <a href="http://www.programmingthrowdown.com/2015/09/episode-46-r.html" target="_blank">Programming Throwdown</a> <a href="http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/" target="_blank">I Will Teach You to be Rich</a> <a href="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/the-state-of-american-credit-card-debt-in-2015/" target="_blank">The State of American Credit Card Debt</a> <a href="https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/credit-card-data/average-credit-card-debt-household/" target="_blank">Nerd Wallet</a> <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/01/18/the-average-american-has-this-much-debt-how-do-you.aspx" target="_blank">Motley Fool</a> <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/100840148" target="_blank">CNBC</a> <a href="http://time.com/money/3654746/get-out-of-debt-credit-cards/" target="_blank">Time</a> <a href="http://nimbletext.com/" target="_blank">Nimble Text</a>