Dave Kansas writes on the FiLife personal finance web site about how he left The Wall Street Journal to go to TheStreet.com back in 1996 to make good on a promise — to pay off his college debt by the time he was 30.
“On my 29th birthday (March, 1996) I made a vow to become debt-free by the time I turned 30. That summer, a couple guys came along to recruit me to join an internet start-up that would focus on financial news. At first I was extremely skeptical. Leave The Wall Street Journal for something that didn’t yet exist? Sounded crazy. But then I started thinking: What if I could get a salary that would help me meet my goal? So, I began negotiating.
“I ended up moving to the company, TheStreet.com, eventually becoming its editor-in-chief. Turned out to be a great move, and debt made me do it.”
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