Forget Learn To Code, Learn To Invest Instead To Survive

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of learning to invest rather than coding in the context of job security amidst the rise of AI.

For more than a decade, the mantra for boosting your career and income was simple: learn to code. Becoming a programmer or engineer was seen as the clearest path to job security and high pay. But with the rapid rise of AI, coding is no longer the protective moat it once was. As I revisited my own FIRE plans after leaving work in 2012, I realized the one financial buffer that has consistently stood the test of time: knowing how to invest well. Forget "learn to code." Learn to invest. Becoming a competent investor may be the most important skill you develop to survive - and thrive - in the coming AI wave. Posts mentioned: Becoming A Competent Investor Is A Vital Skill To Master Gain Financial Security By Creating Financial Buffers For Your Financial Buffers The FIRE Movement Is So Back Due To AI Disruption Free Financial Analysis Offer From Empower Stay on top of your net worth with Empower , the web's #1 free financial app. Track your cash flow, x-ray your investment portfolio for excessive fees and inappropriate risk exposure, and use their retirement calculator to plan for the future. If you have over $100,000 in investable assets—whether in savings, taxable brokerage accounts…

People in this episode

Host: Sam Dogen

Topics covered

• investing
• AI impact
• financial security
• FIRE movement
• career development

Keywords

• investing
• AI
• financial security
• FIRE
• career advice

Sponsors

Empower

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Empower

Books & works: Becoming A Competent Investor Is A Vital Skill To Master, Gain Financial Security By Creating Financial Buffers, The FIRE Movement Is So Back Due To AI Disruption

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