5 Rules to Achieve Financial Agility Without Killing Your Dream Lifestyle

By Eliel Goco

What do topnotch software devs know that ordinary devs don't about financial agility? Software engineering is viewed as a lucrative profession. Yet there are also financial and career pitfalls to avoid. There are also strategies to apply to retain a positive trajectory towards success. 

You've had to manage risks in your IT career before. All you need is to learn how to use that mindset to also solve your financial problems. By using analogies involving software engineering terms and concepts, this book teaches you how to secure your finances and manage your personal financial risks.

This book is made specially for fellow IT and software professionals. If you can code "Hello World" in minutes, you can secure your finances with the five (5) rules laid out in this book. The book uses familiar software engineering terms to show you that financial agility is not a very foreign concept to us IT professionals.

If you're from a different industry, you're also welcome to learn. The book includes a chapter explaining software engineering terms used throughout. Hopefully that will help you catch up with the IT concepts used in this book.

Apply these five (5) rules today to boost your financial agility.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Eliel Goco
• Release date: Nov 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9798215012178

Eliel Goco

Eliel Goco is active in the IT industry as a senior software developer, cloud architect, Scrum Master, as well as speaker and writer. He is also a licensed financial advisor and certified investment advisor. He is also founder of Yayamanin Habits (@yayamaninhabits on social media), an advocacy about building good financial habits through an organized system. Financial wellness is a lifetime journey that requires commitment to goals and consistency of habit.

Book preview

Chapter 1

The Dream Lifestyle

To live a good life—this is the promise of having a career in IT. The good life may mean different things to different people. The basics should be there: being valued at work, being given new opportunities to learn, having close friends who support you, and having good health for yourself and family.

Basics aside, the dream lifestyle could consist of anything you've always wanted to do or have.

The dream lifestyle could mean immersing in memorable experiences:

I know fellow developers who like to surf, go hiking on a mountain, go camping or glamping, or travel to foreign countries and experience various cultures.

The good life might consist of hobbies and various interests – music, sports, cosplaying, tinkering with a Raspberry Pi, to name a few.

The best experiences of the good life are of course time spent bonding with family and friends.

It could mean having the time and money to follow the latest trends:

I know developers who just like watching the newest Marvel movie or following the most popular streaming show.

Some like food—they get excited about the newest signature drink at Starbucks or a newly opened restaurant chain.

Some just stay at home to play video games or go out just to score at Pokémon Go.

For others it could be getting recognition for your contributions. It could be belonging to a group of like-minded

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[Eliel Goco · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Patting myself on the back for releasing my first eBook.