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Yeah, I see what you're saying. Developers like most people are motivated by self-interest and have little motivation to see change in the status quo. With regards to advocacy, it'…

Good point but you misunderstood my argument. It's in the interests of corporations to push up supply and if you look they are doing just that. My concern is that without a counter…

I completely understand. How do you feel about collective bargaining in general? Consider a case where let's say the founder of an extremely successful yet 50 person software compa…

Ehh, there's a reason I started the thread off with "not your Dad or Grandma's union". :) Why can't there be another way than the way our grandparents' unionized?

You're right. Most developers could care less about anything that doesn't impact their daily working life. But I would argue that issues like wage suppression, security, and privac…

You're right. Most developers don't care about these sort of issues. No need to unionize if you don't care about effecting change. And when you do, just send a donation and call it…

Depends on where you're at, right? You'll find tons of developers on Upwork willing to work for less. Isn't that the future for most of us? We're tomorrow's factory workers. Corpor…

I'm not talking about your Dad or Grandma's union of yesteryear but a new type of union focused on collective bargaining for issues that matter and taking decisive action. Our new …