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It’s always been the same answer for hundreds of years. Unions and solidarity.

• toomuchtodo 3y ago
  But don’t you know? We are exceptional. Unions are for the plebs. /s But of course the reality is tech workers are the plebs too, far closer to the median than to capital elite. Treasured illusions die hard. Unions enjoy 71% public support and organizing is federally protected activity. The minority isn’t stopping anyone, they can be safely ignored. (My note: I recognize I will never be obscenely wealthy; it does not appeal to me. The wealthy just try to buy back their soul with charity after leaving a wake of destruction on their journey. I would rather work for autonomy and quality of life for my peers, which if done properly, will lead to a better life for myself)
  • jprete 3y ago
    The perks of FAANG are there, IMO, to pay the employees with a feeling of high-class status. Meanwhile, from an economic-class perspective, engineering is essentially blue-collar - it’s mostly about things and not (directly) about people. It’s a weird dichotomy.