> Why do we as an industry put up with this? Lawyers Don't, Doctors Don't. It's a class difference. Fussell places the typical doctor or lawyer in the Upper Mi

> Why do we as an industry put up with this? Lawyers Don't, Doctors Don't. It's a class difference. Fussell places the typical doctor or lawyer in the Upper Middle. Most developers are, in their relationships with their employers and their employment (not in terms of income!), Mid-Prole, High-Prole, or solidly Middle, under a Fussellian classification. Elevating us to Upper-Middle would put us on par with much of upper management, and where most middle managers want to be but are not and are constantly irritated that they are not, in terms of freedom and respect. No surprise that corporations (managers, in particular) resist this inversion of class-liberty compared with the corporate hierarchy, especially since they (managers) set the rules and the tone. It's bad enough we might make more money than they do. And besides, most developers haven't been socialized, in childhood, in school, or in their early career (so, the periods of life when class education occurs) into the Upper-Middle. We don't really expect better, would probably feel uncomfortable or like beggars requesting better, and (truly) may even feel uncomfortable or lost with the resulting freedom. Put another way: who do doctors in a hospital answer to? Who do lawyers answer to, in a law firm? Classically, doctors and lawyers, right? Notice how upset doctors are about professional management infiltrating hospitals? That's them resisting dropping down in social class.