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Yes, I was part of that class action, I'm very familiar with it. In fact, when my boss went to a competitor, I actually had a conversation with Steve Jobs about
by jeffbush 11y ago
Yes, I was part of that class action, I'm very familiar with it. In fact, when my boss went to a competitor, I actually had a conversation with Steve Jobs about it. My impression was that he was more concerned about losing expertise and trade secrets about the iPhone than wages. The ensuing battle over Android underscores this.
I'm not really ignoring the broader point, just responding to the specific point about Silicon Valley.
- laughinghan 11y agoThat's certainly a reasonable concern. I hope you suggested some legal ways to keep expertise and trade secrets, like paying people better, not working them to the bone, not getting embroiled in collusion scandals; y'know, the basics. Snark aside, I still think I made the legitimate point that whether or not there is actually a lack of supply in Silicon Valley is close to irrelevant to the comment you were replying to. Even when that is actually the case, responding by manipulating the market is still a problem. So yes, I still think you were ignoring the broader point.
- laughinghan 11y agoI was pretty rude in the other comment and now it's too late to edit it. Thanks for offering your perspective, it's cool to hear from someone close to that situation; and it's cool to hear the perspective of a non-engineer, non-business person in Silicon Valley.
- jeffbush 11y agoNo worries :) It is an important point that companies incentives are not always aligned with workers and government has a role to play in making sure they are protected.