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By Growing your tree of prosperity  •  July 4, 2026
The effect of moving funds to my CDP from the higher-turnover IBKR is that I'm more relaxed about financial thought leadership, can take a chill pill, collect more dividends every quarter, and read material beyond the finance domain. So one of the effects of being really into using AI to create portfolio management tools and streamlining my work is that I actually think that it's now warranted to pick up new technical skills. But these are not the traditional coding skills that engineers need to do their work. To utilise AI to become a stronger builder, one has to pick up skills in technical architecture, which is too steep a learning curve for me, as I lack the basic foundations to start. So naturally, I turned to AI to suggest a plan for me based on where I am and where I needed to go as a builder. And AI pointed to The Pragmatic Programmer by Thomas and Hunt....
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By Growing your tree of prosperity
I am currently an investment trainer who conducts the Early Retirement Masterclass under Dr Wealth. In my previous life, I was an IT manager and I have worked in multinationals, financial exchanges, trade unions and even a government agency. I started my career as an AS/400 administrator and moved on to manage IT projects and operations.
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