Comments on: The Money Diaries: The 20-something programmer who barters for personal training

By: Mkg

Mkg — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:06:58 +0000

is he single
hehe ….i think he is the man of my dreams.

By: Aaron Brown

Aaron Brown — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:31:37 +0000

Sweet! This just inspired me to call Comcast and renegotiate my internet down to $29.99 from $54.99. If I would have waited for your new book maybe I could have gotten down to $19.99.

By: Entrepreneur Life

Entrepreneur Life — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:49:21 +0000

I just found this blog and I am so impressed, I will be visiting daily from now on.

By: Jess

Jess — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:23:02 +0000

I don’t conform to JaM’s analysis at all. I am middleaged, with no further education qualifications( I chose to buy and keep a horse instead of continuing to study) and spent my working life in dead-end office jobs being over worked and underpaid.

Despite this, I own my own house (paid off the mortgage about 5 years ago) and after redundancy (very generous terms) decided to work part time in order to indulge my love for the countryside and dogs. I live very simply (horse died aged 30) but can also ski every year, go to dance class, concerts etc. In my opinion I am already very rich ( with good health, great friends and beautiful countryside right outside my house) so I am unable to explain why I find this website so fascinating. I enjoy reading the money diaries particuarly.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:49:23 +0000

You know I really expected that, despite the OP’s togetherness, there would be a throng of people chastising him/her for….something. Is it a good thing that the community keeps its mouth shut when given good content? Maybe everyone is intimidated…

By: Maureen

Maureen — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:05:09 +0000

This is the first time that someone so together has written. It’s really refreshing how he doesn’t fret over expenses and is quick at making decisions.

Bartering, saving and no debt acquired is the way to go! I hope I can mirror this behaviour as it will do wonders for my life.

There’s not a hint of worry in anything he says. Nice work!

By: Eric S. Mueller

Eric S. Mueller — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:50:15 +0000

This guy is impressive! Talk about taking charge of your life. Most Money Diaries to this point showcase people bouncing from one emergency to the next, but this guy plans ahead. He enjoys life and gets what he wants, but his money also isn’t sucked dry by poor planning and unseen events.

By: judy

judy — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:35:43 +0000

Nope. I’m in IT and most of the fellow IT / science people I know are far more prone to luxurious expenses they can’t afford like ipods, iphones, mac books or other laptops, beefy home servers, projectors, console games etc etc.

By: JaM

JaM — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:31:44 +0000

To all the smart readers of this blog – Do you think there is a distinct difference in how people with a professional degree in the sciences (math, engineering, etc) approach money and things they spend on compared to people who have an educational degree in say the social sciences, music or art. I know this Ramit dude has done some kind of psychology degree, but he hangs around the s/w types too much that I guess he has become like an IT person. I’ll be curious to know!

By: Nora

Nora — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:49:23 +0000

I have learned so much from visiting your site. I really liked this guys’ daily info. about how he is saving money! I need to get on that bandwagon. I currently walk or bike and chose to save for going to lectures over bar with friends, so I don’t feel as if I am a huge money spender, but then again I also am unemployed right now and have a desire to get work to save and keep looking for work where I can live in Madagascar. I also work for free online for an organization that doesn’t pay me a dime to manage their NGO stuff online, which I think has been stressing me out. This site has inspired me- shall definitely start reading it more frequently.