http://chris.pirillo.com/im-debtless/ News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://chris.pirillo.com/im-debtless/#comment-5259 Anonymous Thu, 27 Jan 2005 19:43:23 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2003/01/17/im-debtless/#comment-5259 Right on man. B.S in Tcomm has got me know where, other than $29,000 in debt. Being paying trying to pay it off since 1999. Wont be until Dec 16th 2009 until its payed off. Cant wait. Right on man. B.S in Tcomm has got me know where, other than $29,000 in debt. Being paying trying to pay it off since 1999. Wont be until Dec 16th 2009 until its payed off. Cant wait.

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/im-debtless/#comment-5258 Anonymous Mon, 20 Jan 2003 06:16:26 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2003/01/17/im-debtless/#comment-5258 Congrats, Chris. I remember the last check I wrote (the first time and the second time). However, I agree with Michael about the fix being in. I had been working on computers for 7 years as an educator but did not have the piece of paper that said so; therefore, I had to go back and get a degree to prove to the personnel people that I was qualified to do what I had been doing. Looks like you found your way clear of all this by starting your own racket! Congrats, Chris. I remember the last check I wrote (the first time and the second time). However, I agree with Michael about the fix being in. I had been working on computers for 7 years as an educator but did not have the piece of paper that said so; therefore, I had to go back and get a degree to prove to the personnel people that I was qualified to do what I had been doing. Looks like you found your way clear of all this by starting your own racket!

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/im-debtless/#comment-5257 Anonymous Sun, 19 Jan 2003 20:13:28 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2003/01/17/im-debtless/#comment-5257 I don't ask the student loan folks to kiss my ass. It was the only way I got through college! I worked every semester and over summers, my folks paid some bills, my grandfather had wisely put a small sum in an account when I was born which paid about 25% of my fees, and I got a ton of grants: about 50% of my education paid for through need-based scholarship. So when I paid off my student loans a few years ago, I thought, how great this program exists. Who should kiss your ass? The people who set up a subsidized guaranteed loan program? The banks who were making sub-par returns? The admissions officers? There's no faceless student loan gnome or trolL! I don't ask the student loan folks to kiss my ass. It was the only way I got through college! I worked every semester and over summers, my folks paid some bills, my grandfather had wisely put a small sum in an account when I was born which paid about 25% of my fees, and I got a ton of grants: about 50% of my education paid for through need-based scholarship.
So when I paid off my student loans a few years ago, I thought, how great this program exists. Who should kiss your ass? The people who set up a subsidized guaranteed loan program? The banks who were making sub-par returns? The admissions officers?
There's no faceless student loan gnome or trolL!

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/im-debtless/#comment-5256 Anonymous Sun, 19 Jan 2003 17:31:47 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2003/01/17/im-debtless/#comment-5256 What's this, Gnomedex 30 on Mars? =) Congratulations Chris! What's this, Gnomedex 30 on Mars? =) Congratulations Chris!

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/im-debtless/#comment-5255 Anonymous Sat, 18 Jan 2003 16:24:08 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2003/01/17/im-debtless/#comment-5255 Cool!! Aren't you the lucky one!!! LOL! Congrats!! I didn't go to college 'till late in life and still owe 18K!! I got a degree and some Microsoft certs and still cant find a decent job!! Glad that someone could get outta that "debt hole"! Cool!! Aren't you the lucky one!!! LOL! Congrats!! I didn't go to college 'till late in life and still owe 18K!! I got a degree and some Microsoft certs and still cant find a decent job!! Glad that someone could get outta that “debt hole”!

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/im-debtless/#comment-5254 Anonymous Sat, 18 Jan 2003 13:42:52 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2003/01/17/im-debtless/#comment-5254 Awesome! I am very glad to hear that the student loan is no longer around to haunt you at night! ;) Enjoy the freedom you get from it Chris and Gretchen, it probably won't last...credit cards, car payments, mortgages, etc...bah, it never ends! Awesome! I am very glad to hear that the student loan is no longer around to haunt you at night! ;) Enjoy the freedom you get from it Chris and Gretchen, it probably won't last…credit cards, car payments, mortgages, etc…bah, it never ends!

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/im-debtless/#comment-5253 Anonymous Sat, 18 Jan 2003 01:55:16 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2003/01/17/im-debtless/#comment-5253 Shannon, we already own a house. :) Shannon, we already own a house. :)

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/im-debtless/#comment-5252 Anonymous Sat, 18 Jan 2003 01:03:12 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2003/01/17/im-debtless/#comment-5252 CHEERS!! CHEERS!!

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/im-debtless/#comment-5251 Anonymous Fri, 17 Jan 2003 23:54:44 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2003/01/17/im-debtless/#comment-5251 I know how you feel. It feels great doesnt. One better, when you have paid off yours and your children. What a relief. I can live again. No more Sallie Mae I know how you feel. It feels great doesnt. One better, when you have paid off yours and your children. What a relief. I can live again. No more Sallie Mae

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/im-debtless/#comment-5250 Anonymous Fri, 17 Jan 2003 23:41:08 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2003/01/17/im-debtless/#comment-5250 As one who is still incurring truely massive ammounts of debt in school, I kindly invite you kiss >>my<< ass. =) As one who is still incurring truely massive ammounts of debt in school, I kindly invite you kiss >>my<< ass. =)

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/im-debtless/#comment-5249 Anonymous Fri, 17 Jan 2003 22:35:01 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2003/01/17/im-debtless/#comment-5249 Congratulations, I know how good it felt when I paid off mine (I'm not that senile that I don't remember). By the way, I doubt that your education was a waste. It has probably served you in your current enterprise in ways you don't even realize yet. Congratulations, I know how good it felt when I paid off mine (I'm not that senile that I don't remember). By the way, I doubt that your education was a waste. It has probably served you in your current enterprise in ways you don't even realize yet.

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/im-debtless/#comment-5248 Anonymous Fri, 17 Jan 2003 21:48:04 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2003/01/17/im-debtless/#comment-5248 Congratulations !!! I understand what you mean about the degree not in accordance with your job. What bothers me, is that regardless whether you can do something (and do it well), without showing a piece of paper that shows you spent a fortune to get that piece of paper, no one wants to talk to you. What a racket! Congratulations !!!
I understand what you mean about the degree not in accordance with your job. What bothers me, is that regardless whether you can do something (and do it well), without showing a piece of paper that shows you spent a fortune to get that piece of paper, no one wants to talk to you. What a racket!

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/im-debtless/#comment-5247 Anonymous Fri, 17 Jan 2003 21:14:08 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2003/01/17/im-debtless/#comment-5247 Chris is no longer a student loan guy huh? Glad to hear it Chris, keep it up and you can own your own house one day. :D Chris is no longer a student loan guy huh? Glad to hear it Chris, keep it up and you can own your own house one day. :D

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/im-debtless/#comment-5246 Anonymous Fri, 17 Jan 2003 20:11:54 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2003/01/17/im-debtless/#comment-5246 I remember that moment. That check. That liberation. Took quite a few years for me. Back then The California Student Loan Foundation. Hmmmm. Now, when you tear up all your credit cards except the American Express, you're in true liberation. Baby steps, Chris. Baby steps. I remember that moment. That check. That liberation. Took quite a few years for me. Back then The California Student Loan Foundation. Hmmmm. Now, when you tear up all your credit cards except the American Express, you're in true liberation. Baby steps, Chris. Baby steps.

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/im-debtless/#comment-5245 Anonymous Fri, 17 Jan 2003 19:56:25 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2003/01/17/im-debtless/#comment-5245 I still owe about $3000 on mine, but then again my payments are only $60 a month. Now if only I could whittle away at my consolidation loans then I would be a happy man. I still owe about $3000 on mine, but then again my payments are only $60 a month.
Now if only I could whittle away at my consolidation loans then I would be a happy man.

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