<prompt> Human: I have a ton of student loan debt from law school. School was 20K per semester and there were 6 semesters. Plus I borrowed some for living expenses, etc so I have about 179K of debt. Approximately 116K of it is 8.5, with the rest of it at 6.8 except for 10K of it which at 5.5. I feel like the debt is eating me alive. I pay more per month in student loans than I do in rent. My question is, should I be doing what I can to funnel all available funds to get rid of this debt and not even think about investing in my 401K. The 401K plan has my employer matching up to 5. Also, is there anything I can do to speed up paying off my student loan debt?  <response>: Id contribute to the match, its free money, beyond that aggresively pay down the debt. Matched money growing tax deferred for 40 years is quite a juicy proposition. 