• sunbytes@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    I don’t want them to plan their lives around it. My brother is thinking of switching career and my parents have some investments etc based around line-go-up.

    But also I just look like a conspiracy guy until the bubble pops, but then im the “i told you so guy” and that sucks.

    • frongt@lemmy.zip
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      6 hours ago

      I would just tell them to think long term instead of focusing on the new shiny thing. Software development is still a perfectly valid skill to learn, and if your investments are in tech ETFs or mutual funds, they’ll be managed and hedged against avoid losing a significant amount of value.

      If they still want to chase the shiny thing, you can’t logic them out of an illogical position. All you can do is recommend they have a fallback cushion, and only invest time/money/effort that they can afford to lose.