He makes a valid point though. Money is uninteresting when you have it, but very important if you don't. Those are two extremes, but the point stands for the sh

He makes a valid point though. Money is uninteresting when you have it, but very important if you don't. Those are two extremes, but the point stands for the shades of gray in between. And the idea that software engineers make a lot of money and are debt free at 60 is mostly an American thing. Around here it's easy to pay more than a months net salary in mortgage payments (you need two incomes), and that's after you've payed three years salary as obligatory cash deposit. (10M SEK house, 50k SEK/month salary)