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Managing Your Personal Finances as a Dev - While Loop Style

Kaleb M on April 12, 2019

Personal finance, ohhhh personal finance. The dreaded, taboo topic that we're never taught in school, yet it's required if you want to b...

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Gene • Apr 13 '19 • Edited

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while (financiallyStable && age < retirementAge) {
    moneyGoingIntoAccounts++;
    moneySaved++;
    enjoyLifeExperiencesWithOutStress++;

    if (interestedInRetiringEarly) {
        retirementAge--
    }
    age++;
}

...however means that if finaciallyStable and age < retirementAge no longer satisfies, you'll stop having money going to accounts, saved money, and you enjoying your lifeexperiences without stress will remain whatever it is.

Kaleb M • Apr 13 '19

That is true 😁 I'll update it when I return home. Thank you !

Gene • Apr 14 '19

Overall, what you said here is true! Thank you for sharing :)

Kaleb M • Apr 14 '19

Thank you for reading! The code examples were meant to developerify it :) hope you enjoyed!

Kamran Ayub • Apr 12 '19

A fellow FI path follower! Yes! I was going to write something similar soon about how I was able to take a 6 month sabbatical after only 4 years of working and how others can make it happen too.

The resources mentioned like ESIMoney are great, as well as the Choose FI podcast. They have made a significant impact on my life and I always recommend them whenever anyone is open to learning more.

Kaleb M • Apr 12 '19

Thanks Kamran! 6 months doing what you want to sounds great, and I have a friend about to start his journey of one year!

Thanks for the podcast recommendation and look forward to the post !!