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by hoaw 8y ago
Most white collar unions don't negotiate pay, other than maybe initial and minimum salary. Edit: I must say I don't think most people here get it. Unions negotiate with employers. The idea that a tech union would agree with tech c
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by hoaw 8y ago
The rules states that you shouldn't comment about voting because it makes boring reading and doesn't make a difference. But it is both informative and does make a difference if you add new information, which I did. If the moderati
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by hoaw 8y ago
Not if you want to actually have a career. This isn't day labor. To be successful in the industry you have to be part of good projects. Those often require at least a couple of years investment. And that is in addition to building a li
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by hoaw 8y ago
> That hasn't happened yet to developers. I know a fair number of developers who aren't doing that great, or at least not as well as they should. Life quality issues are very common. It is for instance very common to get screwe
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by hoaw 8y ago
Idiots need to stop downvoting, the comment is entirely correct. You can read for yourself e.g. here https://www.uu.se/en/students/degrees-and-careers/degrees/le... , https://www.su.se/e
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by hoaw 8y ago
I didn't read the entire paper. But since is it does seem to be based on naming, did it also address the changing naming conventions of the time? Because early 20th century is also when people stopped taking their fathers name as a fam
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by hoaw 8y ago
I don't know about other countries, but for non-professional degrees in Sweden a program is essentially only a guarantee to be able to take certain classes. Otherwise you can take whatever courses you want, at whatever school you want,
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by hoaw 8y ago
> If you mean financial security, I think most Americans think you will work harder without financial security. I have no idea what people are thinking, if they are at all. Work primarily matters when there are no opportunities. Zuckerbe
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by hoaw 8y ago
You are probably thinking of Sweden. I have heard it is actually more now, like 200 years (the article says 140 years). Maybe even excluding the mortgage of the co-op. People are essentially renting from the banks, without any means to defa
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by hoaw 8y ago
I don't disagree with you, that is why people make those choices. But from a larger perspective it doesn't make any sense. Essentially everyone is in agreement that there are in theory more access and less barriers than ever. With
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by hoaw 8y ago
We do to a larger extent, but we also increasingly have similar social problems as the US. Economic freedom doesn't directly lead to good things. It is essentially economic freedom -> good social conditions -> good things. You ca
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by hoaw 8y ago
I think the overall experience is just okay. But since getting equvilent glasses (selection, coatings) can cost several hundred dollars it is worth it.
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by hoaw 8y ago
Sweden has never been distinctly socialist. But it used to be more socialist than today. For instance the Swedish government used to own Absolut Vodka from 1917, when Sweden nationalized the alcohol industry, until 2008.
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by hoaw 8y ago
There is also the VA, so I guess they just have to start the department of elderly affairs.
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by hoaw 8y ago
It isn't really socialism as such though. Doesn't even the US already have these type of programs at least for certain groups? (you would probably need to expand them of course).
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by hoaw 8y ago
What is that doesn't add up? Of course if you want decrease your cost for salaries you can't have other people pay more. In fact, you want other people to pay less. That is how many of these companies started attracting employees
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by hoaw 8y ago
I think you are missing the point a bit. Opportunities aren't static. Someone gets to decide what should count. If you don't assert your case, someone else is going to get their way. And there isn't necessarily an objective t
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by hoaw 8y ago
I don't really have an answer to your questions. What I can say is that if this happens it might be warranted to be bitter. Because a lot of things in the tech industry have been justified by high salaries. Personally I haven't be
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by hoaw 8y ago
Will probably make it worse. I mean, people are actually surprisingly often motivated by substance. Going to an ivy league school and joining a large tech firm is one of the few ways to guarantee success in a time with few guarantees in gen
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by hoaw 8y ago
Contrary to what you read online, very few people should discuss those concepts in contrast with each other. Almost all of the public debate is contained in the former. Therefor being for the former doesn't really say much, at all, and
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by hoaw 8y ago
I don't see how it is being misused. This sort of distinction is pretty basic e.g. philosophy. People simply disagree. More and more people not understanding the basics in favor of whatever they read on social media might be a problem
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by hoaw 8y ago
The properly wealthy have done very little for equality in Sweden. Sweden also has relatively large wealth inequality. Egalitarianism in Sweden definitely hasn't been voluntary (and is more and more of a joke every day).
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by hoaw 8y ago
Your argument doesn't make much sense. What takes away people's profit isn't violence, but competition. When people get really rich it is because there was little competition. Bill Gates is ultimately rich because for softwar
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by hoaw 8y ago
Which is why every aspiring egalitarian society work hard to take the parents out of the equation. Day care in Sweden cost like €100, and you get that in cash benefit for having a kid, which means it is essentially free. Successful societie
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by hoaw 8y ago
I don't really matter if it is a growing pie or not, you are still getting a share. I am sure Uber creates a lot of new wealth, but the average driver most likely isn't seeing a lot of it.
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The most concise modern class definition I have seen goes something like this: Working class: work to survive. Middle class: work to do other things. Upper middle class: work for wealth. Upper class: work optional. People rightfully like to
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I never understood why people are so casual about inequality. To put it bluntly a lot of people will eventually, if not already, be working something like three quarters of their lives for society, a company and a land owner. And only one q
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I think it is hard to make that into a constructive argument. Either you care and the 'allocation' is unfair. Or you don't care, which means that the market doesn't work since you caring is what is supposed to allocate r
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The whole purpose of a business is to capture the wealth they create. Business will create less wealth if they can capture more. Housing market being a prime example.
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by hoaw 8y ago
> I have this firm belief that demo writers are literal gods amongst programmers. If they were considered gods there would likely be no scene. > Nothing comes close to their knowledge and craftsmanship and the resulting art they creat

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