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MiddleClass

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17. Just think of it, about 87 89. I fix computers for the group of 30 at my job, bank for stock excha
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 06:36 PM
Jul 2017

I remember reading, what was proposed, on the screen during lunch,

people able to get on their computer and buy stock through a portal provided by the brokerage company.

Pure automation, no more seat on the exchange, broker in the office, calling on the phone.

No more trade + 5 days for clearance, T + 3, the norm.

I must admit, I tripled my 401(k) withholding, and rode the nineties with a smile.

Now it can be done from a cell phone, computer technologies, has exploded.

I went back to school for software engineering (Java programming) and the AI was amazing.

Just imagine, with the Internet at your disposal, a program can be unlimited in possibilities

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