| The Texan Engineer started as many before him did. Get a good
engineering job with a Fortune 500 company with good benefits and
modest pay. What I began to find out is that my good
engineering job just wasn't enough. I seemed to find more things
to spend my money on which left less money to invest. After a
nice car, nice house, motorcycle, etc., I was all tapped out.
In less than two short years I have found myself trapped in an
engineering job that I did not like and in so much debt I had to keep working. This is what it looked like.
The Texan Engineer started like this:
1. Get a good education... Engineering. 2. Get a good engineering job with a Fortune 500 Company. 3. Save money and invest when possible. Max out 401K. 4. Almost no net income at the end of every month.
To
put it another way I was paying my debt first and paying myself last.
After taking a look at my situation I realized that I needed to
change. Though I had a top notch education, it did not focus on
the real things I would face in life when it came to money. I
needed to educate myself about personal finance and investing. | 
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