My wife is a registered nurse, so she's a union employee. While it is nice to have someone negotiate on your behalf and represent you when you have a dispute, i

My wife is a registered nurse, so she's a union employee. While it is nice to have someone negotiate on your behalf and represent you when you have a dispute, it certainly doesn't help with salary negotiations. You can't switch hospitals to get a higher salary because it is a formula based on education plus years experience. As an engineer, I have tripled my salary over the last 5 years by switching companies and being a good negotiator. A union would have just gotten in the way. Developers need to learn their true value and negotiate accordingly.