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What is the relevance of the “techies got treated well”?
by ggg9990 9y ago
What is the relevance of the “techies got treated well”?
- dalbasal 9y agoPeople may prefer to buy it, for that reason.
- kristiandupont 9y agoThat statement also struck me -- it's not like "techies" are normally treated unfavorably?
- dalbasal 9y agoParent asked about relevance. It's relevant if some people have worries about treatment of techies. Should people have these concerns? Dunno, but probably off-topic for this post :)
- Splognosticus 9y ago"Normally" would be overstating the problem I think, but it's not as though toxic work environments where people are expected to work unsustainably long hours are exactly uncommon in the tech sector.
- igorkraw 9y agoSome people like to reward ethical companies. Most hackers I know are among them
- ImSkeptical 9y agoYeah, but I don't think the people writing the software are usually getting too badly treated. Are the electronics assembled in an East Asian sweatshop?
- book_mentioned 9y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14452923#14453083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14452923#14453083
- rlkf 9y agoTechies get treated well probably equals higher employee retention, again leading to higher institutional memory, meaning bugs have a chance of actually getting fixed. More happiness probably also correlates with more creativity, meaning that there is also a chance of getting more features with updates.
- tschwimmer 9y agoI interpreted it as equivalent to “Fair Trade” or “Free Range” labels you sometimes see on groceries.