Episode 5: Financial Health Concerns for Developers Financial Health Concerns for Developers

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 11 IoT Programming Languages Programming Throwdown I Will Teach You to be Rich The State of American Credit Card Debt Nerd Wallet Motley Fool CNBC Time Nimble Text

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Will and BJ first met in college and have been friends ever since. You can tell this through their dynamic conversations. Will bring a wide knowledge base to the conversation through his years of experience as a senior developer and aspiring software architect. Whereas BJ being a journeyman developer is learning as he works in the field. He shares those lessons and more each week. Because of their varied experiences topics range from the technical to the every day life of a software developer. Whether you are just starting out or in the twilight of your career you'll find something useful and informative on Complete Developer Podcast. There are plenty of podcasts out there focused on languages and coding. What we are doing with the Complete Developer Podcast is to also cover the other areas of life as a developer.