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I think it's more the case that this sort of blog-post always rises to the top of HN. It's a topic that always comes up when developers get together. It goes to

by adnam 14y ago

I think it's more the case that this sort of blog-post always rises to the top of HN. It's a topic that always comes up when developers get together. It goes together with a lot of other non-complaints: "I constantly get contacted by recruiters, ain't it awful?" / "these enormous benefits are substandard" / "they expect me work in an office with other human beings" I don't necessarily think that it's WRONG to capitalize on the situation. Everyone is entitled to the best they can get in the job market. But programmers love to go on and on about their first-world problems and it's frankly embarrassing.

era86 14y ago
There is nothing wrong with wanting to be happy at your workplace. It is, after all, where we spend a huge chunk of our time. You could ask these types of questions for many other jobs in many other industries and I feel like they wouldn't be seen as "first-world problems". I guess I can see where you're coming from. Since demand is high for experienced developers, we have a little more leverage when it comes to negotiating in the job market. I don't think it's entitlement, it's how supply and demand works.