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Forget ‘hello world’, say ‘hello wealth’

As AI reshapes work, financial literacy will be our best defence against obsolescence

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    • Having an understanding of money will increase the odds that workers participate in capital markets and partake of the spoils, instead of being at the sole mercy of employers and some godforsaken chatbot.
    • Having an understanding of money will increase the odds that workers participate in capital markets and partake of the spoils, instead of being at the sole mercy of employers and some godforsaken chatbot. PHOTO: PEXELS
    Joyce Hooi

    Joyce Hooi

    Published Tue, Apr 8, 2025 · 07:00 AM

    ABOUT a decade ago, some young and unfortunate soul made the mistake of asking me for career advice.

    “Learn to code,” I’d said breezily. “Knowing programming languages is as essential as knowing the English language,” said I, whose knowledge of programming amounted to printing “Hello world”.

    I hope he ignored me and became a data centre technician or a professional pickleball player instead, because boy, has my career advice aged poorly.

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