Hence GP says 'diversify'. If you weren't an employee, or were one with no related stock in the company, would you buy so much, invest ~everything, in that (or any) one company? No? Well, don't treat holding differently to buying. It's the same, modulo fees & tax.
I dunno, got taught in Europe, got micro, meso and macro in different years, and sometimes semesters. My econ teacher was also a bit weird in a good way, a real character with a lot of knowledge. Ofcourse I didn’t do anything with it, wish I had.