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A CEO is an "insider" in market-speak. Jo(e) Engineer is just a punter like anyone else.
by gaius 9y ago
A CEO is an "insider" in market-speak. Jo(e) Engineer is just a punter like anyone else.
- morgante 9y agoThat's not strictly true. Depending on the company, it's very possible for mere engineers to have access to material non-public information. There's a reason many companies impose broad blackout dates on trading.
- jessaustin 9y agoMere engineers would be prosecuted long before CEOs for the totally-at-Justice-Dept-discretion crime of "insider trading".
- anigbrowl 9y agoThat's self-evidently false. Engineers have insight into the internal culture of a firm and how it may differ from public perceptions, not to mention their own opinions on the quality of the back end technology and awareness of future plans or possibilities.