> I think the reason programmers don't unionize is some are 10x better than others, so they don't want to get the same wages as 1x programmers. Tom Cruise make

> I think the reason programmers don't unionize is some are 10x better than others, so they don't want to get the same wages as 1x programmers. Tom Cruise makes (e.g.) $10M for being in a movie, and Jane Doe who plays Waitress #2 gets paid $10K for being in the same movie, and yet they're both part of SAG. You can create union/guild structures which have a minimum pay scale but not a maximum.