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Bear in mind, however, that a 21st-century programmer is in a much stronger bargaining position than an 18th-century workman. I've seen people in the former cat
by rwallace 13y ago
Bear in mind, however, that a 21st-century programmer is in a much stronger bargaining position than an 18th-century workman. I've seen people in the former category let their lives get screwed up by following subservience instincts more appropriate for the latter, and as a way to avoid that, regarding yourself as the peer of your employer is a decent first approximation.
- dredmorbius 13y agoTrue, the programmer of today is more equivalent to a skilled craftsman of Smith's time than of unskilled labour (dumb muscle). However the craftsman also has a relatively difficult time to create a reserve of capital. Especially in jurisdictions in which your primary store of capital (your own inventions) are by law or contract assigned to your employer.