To be clear, most HN readers' employment and compensation is based on a manger's holistic sense of that HNer's value. We can generally be fired without cause.

To be clear, most HN readers' employment and compensation is based on a manger's holistic sense of that HNer's value. We can generally be fired without cause. If teachers want to argue that they should be in an employment regime similar to programmers, sure, I'm sympathetic. But my strong impression is that they don't want that at all.