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I agree, but the problem is that unions notoriously favor the older, entrenched generations of a profession over the newcomers. Talk to people from NYC (a place
by tboyd47 9y ago
I agree, but the problem is that unions notoriously favor the older, entrenched generations of a profession over the newcomers. Talk to people from NYC (a place with still much union influence) and you see a stark difference between the old folks and the younger folks in how they view workers' unions.
Software development is already so heavily dependent on enthusiastic young people that I don't see how a union could get enough traction without completely reinventing the idea of a union in people's minds.
- s73v3r_ 9y ago"but the problem is that unions notoriously favor the older, entrenched generations of a profession over the newcomers." There's nothing specific about a union that does this. The union is an extension of the will of it's members.
- tboyd47 9y agoUnion membership rates are highest among workers aged 45-64. It may be a self-fulfilling prophecy to say that unions are for the older generation, but I think there would be either non-participation or real resistance from the younger generations of programmers, if only for the perception people have about them.