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Instead of begging to be exploited by billionaires, yob could band together with your fellow tech workers and win better treatment for all of us.
by mbgerring 3y ago
Instead of begging to be exploited by billionaires, yob could band together with your fellow tech workers and win better treatment for all of us.
- tjr225 3y agoWhat? These people have lives better than 99% of the population.
- clipsy 3y agoSo do medical doctors; and they've preserved that status by unionizing to protect it.
- hw 3y agoMedical doctors spend a lot of time and money in med school and residency. They have malpractice risk, and perform more essential work like saving lives and improving people’s health, your health. Working a hospital especially in the ED is stressful. No stock options, rsu grants. Tech workers on the other hand, say engineers, can easily get a high paying FAANG job without a 4yr degree - just spending time grinding leetcode or a coding bootcamp. Not to mention the RSUs, office perks like free lunches, WFH, on site laundry and daycare, flexible time off, no set work hours… come on
- clipsy 3y ago> Tech workers on the other hand, say engineers, can easily get a high paying FAANG job without a 4yr degree It is prima facie absurd to say that tech workers can "easily" get a job at FAANG; if it were that easy to work at FAANG surely the 50%[0] of Software Engineers who make less than $121k or 75%[0] of Software Engineers who make less than $152k would simply do so. [0]: https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/software-developer/salary https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/software-develope...
- o1y32 3y agoDid you just make things up? There are people who work at FAANG without a degree, but that's the absolute minority. Most people have spent years on a formal education, many of which have a master's or even PhDs.
- forgetbook 3y ago> office perks like free lunches, WFH, on site laundry and daycare WFH perks like lunch, laundry, and daycare.