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So you agree, then, that the union/guild is good for its members?

• roenxi 4y ago
  Well, there are people in unions who can't succeed without it. But if the software industry starts to unionise: - The highest paid software engineers will be worse off. - The quality of software will be lower. - I expect the average software engineer to be worse off. You're chasing a local optimum that is substantially worse than where the software industry currently is. The answer to Red Hat laying off 5% of their workforce isn't to lock in permanent barriers to entering the software industry. I'm part of the software industry. Unions will make me worse off.
  • clipsy 4y ago
    Do you have evidence for those statements, or are you just generally in the habit of stating your beliefs as fact?
    • roenxi 4y ago
      I've shot down every source you've cited. If we're just going to argue about what should be done next, I'm happy to go with opinions and thought experiments. If you want to do something different, do something different. Here is a link for you to rebut any one-study approach though, because I'm sure someone in the peanut gallery is thinking of doing that: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/12/beware-the-man-of-one-study/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/12/beware-the-man-of-one-... By happy coincidence, the evidence in that article is a similar field to unionisation.