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I can't remember where I read this, but there was this unique protest in Japan in a shoe factory. The workers made only one half of shoes (they made shoes only
by vijayr 10y ago
I can't remember where I read this, but there was this unique protest in Japan in a shoe factory. The workers made only one half of shoes (they made shoes only for the left leg). Technically they were working, but also protesting - all without making noise!
What would be the software equivalent of this? disable half the buttons on a page? :P
- avar 10y agoIf you only make the shoes for the left leg you're still doing your actual job, just not all of it. Disabling half the buttons on a page is an active act of sabotage. Peaceful protests for software engineers have the problem that in most software companies, if everyone used the age old "you're not allowed to strike" tactic of conspiring to call in sick, most likely the software would continue to work just fine, since everything is automated. Of course the system would eventually break down, but likely after the employees lost their patience for the protest, by which point the company could have brought in replacements to keep the shop running.
- owaislone 10y agoThat would be writing code but blocking it from getting shipped.