u/DirectionOriginal874

Hey everyone. I'm 23 and have been working as a software engineer for just over a year now, but this role is very rapidly shifting from being the coding that I enjoyed when I first started learning, to utilizing AI to do that work for me. The advancement of AI is definitely cool, and it feels like the possibilities are endless, but part of me feels like the actual "puzzle solving," which I enjoyed, is being left behind.

Another thing that I enjoy, beyond coding, is interacting with people. It's at a point where my favourite part of my job is talking to my coworkers, considering that the majority of my day has become talking to an LLM. And that's part of what brings me here. I'd like to know what types of roles exist where I can interact with people while still being able to code behind the scenes.

I've been doing some thinking about entering the sales world - I think sales is a puzzle of its own. It requires business knowledge, product knowledge, and people knowledge, and the most successful salesmen I know seem to know how to connect these dots on a person-to-person basis. That being said, I don't want to fully dive into a completely different career path, leaving software engineering behind me. In the most ideal world possible, I'd be doing a job that allows me to do both, but I don't know any roles that would provide this possibility.

If you're still reading, I have a couple of final points I wanted to address, but the bulk of my question lies above.

I'm still at a very early stage of my career, so I don't plan on jumping ship anytime soon. I just want to see what's out there. I think most people in this scenario would tell me to join a startup where I'm forced to wear several hats, and I'm definitely open to this idea, but these tend to be riskier in terms of job stability, and down the line I'd like to marry my girlfriend and start a family, so risky business isn't something I'm leaning towards. Anyways, that's about all the mental notes I had in my head.

Thank you for reading, and I appreciate any insight!

I recently got a job that lets me start putting money away, but I had a hard time actually visualizing what my savings would look like in the long run. So I built something to help with that.

letitcompound.io

The tool has four pages:
- a visualizer to see your savings grow over time
- a compare page to put two scenarios side by side
- a goal page where you enter a target amount and get a plan to reach it
- a learn page covering useful concepts and savings accounts (Canadian only for now, plan to update to accomodate US as well).

The goal is to give people who are just starting out a way to build a plan and actually see where their money could end up. You can play around with your monthly contributions, return rate, and time horizon to get a clearer picture of what your future savings might look like. Free, no paid features, no sign-up, no ads, nothing required.

It's still early so there are probably bugs and missing pieces, which is mainly why I'm posting. If you have a minute to poke around, I'd love any feedback on the UI, missing features, bugs, or anything that feels off. Honest criticism is welcome. Thank you!

I’m fairly new to investing and have been trying to wrap my head around this. I have a position in TD that has done really well over the past little while and is currently one of my best performers. At what point does it make sense to take some or all of those profits and reinvest them somewhere else in your portfolio?

I’m not sure if I should just leave it and let it keep running, trim half and redeploy into something else, or something else entirely. Is there a general rule of thumb people follow, or is it more of a case by case thing? Would love to hear how more experienced investors think about this.