the reason "tech" companies are hiring new developers in droves is to reduce wages and subjugate a once professional position into mediocrity so that nobody questions what they're working on at the risk of losing their jobs
software developers _must_ unionize.
if we do not, the capitalist ruling class will force us to suck the world dry with our code exclusively for their benefit.
i am genuinely terrified at the scale at which the tech industry has the capability to absolutely fuck the entire world for profit
why would any software dev care? they're getting paid better* than most industries right now. there's plenty of jobs.
*pay in this industry has absolutely FUCKING nothing to do with your merit and almost entirely with how much ass you kiss
not to mention how the _fuck_ are you supposed to unionize a company with 2000, 4000, 10000?? employees?? in multiple regions???
maybe this is another reason tech companies are hiring so many fucking grunts. it makes union organizing that much harder.
@shaderphantom Of note: old unions in, say, coal towns, led to far better pay for their workers. Like, immensely so. Ridiculously so, in some cases. 50-80k in modern currency? They'd laugh at it.
today i had my first real thought of forming a union and the implications that has for this city alone.
it brings me incredible sadness to know how hard it would be to convince grunt workers in this industry that a union is a good idea.