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Comment by frank_jaeger | Hacker News Reader

Is this not just a humblebrag? I really fail to see the point of this. It is really cool to read about people who find inventive ways to overcome economic obstacles. It's somewhat boring to read that someone got a high paying job, and married someone with a high paying job, and then things worked out.

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This is the third story I submitted today from a series called Into the Black: https://medium.com/tag/into-the-black which is about people paying down debt. This is the title that grabbed the HN crowd. The others got one and zero upvotes, respectively (so far).

Feel free to go read the other stuff in the series if this is not your cup of tea. I didn't think it made sense to submit the link (above) to the series as a "story" on HN. But it is hardly surprising that this is the title that would grab the HN crowd. (shrug)

It was by no means a dig at you!

I'll check the others out for sure, thanks for sharing.

I didn't take it as a dig. I was bemused to see this get upvoted when the others were ignored.

I have to agree with you. My take away was: "The key to having more money is to have more money."

what was inventive about what she did - she lived cheaply and saved money every month

Sadly enough that is considered "advice" these days. Compare this to the girl who tried to live in SanFran as a low paying worker and got fired from her job for complaining about it.

Mentality is everything.

And tripled her income.

And all that initial frugality saved her, what in the end? Probably 3 or 4 months of the new high paying job.

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