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I still don't grasp why a programmer should invest, but the subject is interesting. A programmer could have a better understanding of the computer/tech industry, especially if you see a programmer as a well connected professional. A professional, who knows a lot details about a bunch of different tech companies, who knows the people, the shakers and the movers. But this characteristic is not only related to programmers but to other professionals in the industrie as well. Of course this could lead to a bias, namely that you overestimate yourself and will bet to much on specific companies, what you didn't do when you weren't a professional. A remark must be made. Because the tech sector is so innovative. And still be a dominant factor for productivity growth. The trend on this kind stocks will always be upwards. And there will always be new companies, with a potential of amazing growth and idem dito stock prices. Maybe stockpicking in the the tech fields just gives you better odds. Overall, I think that programmers have an advantage, because most of the time they are early adaptors. They will use products, before these are well known to the public ( and stock analysts) Personally, they're just spending more time on their computer and will always use the products which will increase their productivity, which of course are probably produced by the most succesfull companies. But also, professionally, a lot of professionals are at frontier of their field. Maybe, Non-progammers should observe what all the tech savvy people use to increase their productivity or what kind of gadgets they buy. Or which start-ups are popular by the programmers. And make the decision whether this is business savvy or not. At the end, you should check WHAT you're actually programming, and what you boss want you to do. |