Comment by tptacek
21 hours ago
It's a snarky way of suggesting that programmers are complaining about being treated the way professionals and tradespeople always have.
21 hours ago
It's a snarky way of suggesting that programmers are complaining about being treated the way professionals and tradespeople always have.
Yeah I get that. But having been both it doesn’t advocate for better treatment for any of them.
Also as far as I’m aware the pay for programmers in the US has always been an isolated thing with the rest of the world ranging from normal to “literal sweatshop”.
What do you mean, "advocating for better treatment"? They're not describing an abuse of tradespeople and professionals. They're adults doing a job.
So, from your comment and your reply, are you just happy that more people are being treated poorly?
That makes no sense. You seem to understand that he was being snarky, so why do you not understand that that snark and desire to see “others” brought down to a lower level just because some were already there doesn’t help anyone? Actually, that division does help people, those people that are putting people there in the first place.
Let’s be clear: for context I’ve been out of the programming game for more than 10 years at this point. I have my own business that I’m set to sell soon and then retire to something more entrepreneurial. But I still don’t desire to see my younger employees suffer any more than the tradesmen I used to work with.
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