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desas on Nov 11, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: You are not a software engineer (2011)

Technical debt, just like traditional debt is fine, as long as you understand what you are getting yourself into

Mortgages are debt, are they bad?

lmm on Nov 11, 2013 [–]

> Mortgages are debt, are they bad?

Yes. Yes they are. Many people make a huge bet on the housing market with borrowed money, without even realizing what they're doing.

desas on Nov 11, 2013 | [–]

See where I said "as long as you understand what you are getting yourself into"

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