If you get your younger son on the Tradestation platform he can use programming skills to trade stocks more effectively. The market for EasyLanguage (the trader programming language in Tradestation) is probably smaller than VFP but if you can trade using your own code you can make a mint!!!



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>>Might this really be encouraging? It may mean that we are wising up and our kids are grasping the notion that there is a better future in fields other than computer programming. < bg >
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>>I have seen it stated here a few times, that some of us are encouraging our kids to pursue careers other than what we do. I am wondering if more of us feel that way?
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>Don't worry. I see in USACO that many americans will be good programmers.
>But there will be no place for low qualified one.
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>15-20 years ago programming is expensive for developing nations and was good busineess. Now the entry in spftware business is very easy.
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>Acording what I see in my house - my older son will be a programmer, because he take a rest programming. My younger son will be a trader.