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Tech workers are as disparate and varied as non-tech workers... There is a hierarchy and I think it is unlikely we will see common ground emerge. Survival of
by csneeky 10y ago
Tech workers are as disparate and varied as non-tech workers...
There is a hierarchy and I think it is unlikely we will see common ground emerge. Survival of the fittest and the best will still win the day. Just like the labor unions of the industrial era, efforts like this are doomed to be spikes of ideology rife with the same contradictions of those it proposes to keep in check.
Some tech workers run multimillion dollar businesses and some push bits around for them in the wee hours of the morning for much less.
Some have PhDs in category theory and write Haskell on a multiple 6 figure salary in finance and some maintain dated ruby on rails systems they didn't write for much less.
Some roll around on scooters in data centers putting out real fires in environments that need high availability. Others spend their days upgrading old versions of windows in small town school districts.
The same divides that existed before the internet will follow us. Nothing new here. Work hard, strive to get to the top, and hang on. Unions are not the answer. Darwin always wins the day.
- Danihan 10y agoExactly. This post is founded on so many bad assumptions.. We'd also like to discuss how tech companies can heal the divide in our country. Why _shouldn't_ there be divides in our country? Which divide is being referred to? Religious? Political? Net worth? Productivity? Persuasion? Why assume differences need "healed?" Why this constant, desperate push for homogeneity? Why can't people simply be different, and have conflicting opinions and worldviews? Why can't these disagreements, alongside of passionate debate, be lauded and encouraged instead of shamed? Why can't people simply not like one another sometimes, without needing "healed"?
- dionidium 10y agoA lot of the push for healing is really about a belief that the other side would agree with you if they just had all the facts. That what's holding back agreement is educational in nature. I don't think this is true, to state it mildly, but a lot of modern politics (and nearly every smart-aleck tweet ever written) makes a lot more sense when viewed through this lens.
- AndrewKemendo 10y agoWhy can't people simply not like one another sometimes, without needing "healed"? If people could simply not like each other without killing each other or making each other's lives unbearable that would be one thing. Problem is people cant' seem to be able to manage that.
- plainOldText 10y agoFor once, I wish the upvote button would have a multiplier.
- brandonmenc 10y ago> Tech workers are as disparate and varied as non-tech workers... Yes, he should visit the rust belt (where I grew up) some time - there are gasp actual programmers making decent money there! And a whole lot of people who are just never, ever going to be able to learn how to code.