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organizations are very different from labor unions. I think software engineering would be well served by a professional association, but they have the problem o
by dkhenry 9y ago
organizations are very different from labor unions. I think software engineering would be well served by a professional association, but they have the problem of having deep connections to higher education institutions and licensing boards. I don't think our industry would be well served by the same kind of educational gate keeping that limits the availability of Doctors and Lawyers ( like what the NSPE, or IEEE try to push )
- tptacek 9y agoI agree with you that professional organizations are a better model than AFL-style unions. I agree with you that academic gatekeeping is a bad fit for tech workers (coincidentally, I have just one semester of college). I think we need to be careful not to let ourselves, as a community of people sharing an occupation in this market, get derailed by the connotations of the word "union".