DjangoCon US 2024: You got that nice tech salary, now what? with Tim Schilling

Talking about finances is awful. There are several things I'd rather talk about with a group of strangers before finances. However, I believe that as a part of the tech community, there's a moral responsibility to make sound personal financial decisions because you earn a comfortable salary. I have made several mistakes along my career, and I'm probably still making some. The goal here is to make it a bit easier for us to have these conversations. I was the first in my family to graduate from college. One of my parents attended some college. They knew how to balance a budget, and they knew to max your employer's 401k matching program. Beyond that, there wasn't much of a plan. I didn't have any financial literacy when I entered the tech industry. In fact, I fell prey to a corporate insurance provider, bought an insurance-investment type product and contributed to it for years! I've left money in my savings account because I was scared of the market. At the end of this talk you will have a basic understanding of: The importance of planning, budgeting and saving Where to put your savings Maximizing employer contributions How to evaluate an index fund This talk was presented at: https://2024.djangocon.us/talks/you-g... LINKS: Follow Tim Schilling 👇 On Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@CodenameTim On X: https://x.com/CodenameTim Website: https://www.better-simple.com/ Follow DjangoCon US 👇 https://fosstodon.org/@djangocon https://x.com/djangocon Follow DEFNA 👇 https://www.defna.org/ Video Production by Confreaks Follow Confreaks 👇 https://confreaks.com https://x.com/confreaks https://confreaks.bsky.social