27: Personal Finance: 401(k)s, Financial Independence, and Walk-Away Money

We welcome back Kamran Ayub, Pluralsight Author, speaker and consultant.  So...Kamran and I had a great plan: create a four part series on best practices in personal finance for developers.  It was  a good plan, but luckily for you, dear listener, we talked about some other great topics: 401(k)s, financial independence, and FU money.  Rather than just lose that, it's here, in this bonus episode.  I hope you enjoy it - it's some of the most valuable advice you'll hear.

1:11 401(k)s and other savings vehicles
2:40 401(k) company match = free money
4:40 Financial independence definition
7:05 Encore Careers
9:40 Walk-Away Money

Personal Finance Tools:
- Mint from Intuit - https://mint.intuit.com
- Personal Capital - https://www.personalcapital.com
- TillerHQ - https://www.tillerhq.com
- YNAB - You need a budget - https://www.youneedabudget.com

You can reach Kamran at @kamranayub on Twitter and see his Pluralsight courses at https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/kamran-ayub

This was a bonus part five episode of our four part personal finance series. Again, I hope you enjoyed it, and found value in it.

The Development Best Practices podcast is brought to you by ILM Professional Services.  ILM cares about the developers in our community, and their financial health.  It's one of the reasons we're putting together this podcast series.  If you're interested in joining a company that cares about your whole self, not just the part you give during working hours, and does a 401(k) match, please consider joining ILM.  Please visit our website at ilmservice.com and check out our Careers page for more information.

We're just at the start of our 2nd season.  Are there any topics from Season 1 that you'd like us to revisit?  Any new topics you would like us to cover?  Please email us at podcast@ilmservice.com with your thoughts.  Thanks for listening, and have a wonderful day!