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I’m a .NET engineer by day and a personal finance nerd by night. I started BrokeMeNot because I was tired of generic money advice that doesn’t work for real people. Everything on this site comes from personal experience — I’ve tested every strategy, made the mistakes, and tracked every dollar so you don’t have to.
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