I found this article difficult to read. It never really makes a point, or even finishes a thought. It reads the way I sound when I have too much coffee. Still,

I found this article difficult to read. It never really makes a point, or even finishes a thought. It reads the way I sound when I have too much coffee. Still, it's a good discussion prompt. There is a sort of tech aristocracy who thinks that because they get paid well, they are of a greater caste than their median wage-earning colleagues. They don't just earn more, they deserve to earn more. They let themselves believe that they can tackle any societal problem by throwing tech at it. Others just lose touch with the reality of their peers, having earned far more than them since they left college. They are aware that they have it pretty good, but forget how much. I don't hear too many tech workers worry about their work concentrating wealth in the wrong hands, their blue collar colleagues not getting invited to the offsites, or their participation in various destructive ventures. As long as they get paid, it's all right. I'm not sure if there are truly that many socialist software developers. They only feel like they are workers when they can't afford a backyard. Champagne socialists, as they say. I do meet a few socialists who play with code, but they tend to apply their skills very differently, at very different organisations.