The tech sector has been heavily inoculated against any kind of labor solidarity for my entire life. At some point, you can’t just be a victim. You’ve got to fight back. And I don’t know if the people getting sucked into and shat out of Silicon Valley year to year have the gumption to do it. Seems like they’ll line right back up at Facebook the moment Zuck wants to hire them again, under even worse terms, salaries, and working conditions than when they were kicked out.
The reason is similar to why the hiring process is so stupid. You can’t just flash a degree and get a job. You have to navigate the hazing ritual because engineers are cocky bastards. That cockiness means they think their intelligence alone is all they need in order to secure their career.
The tech sector has been heavily inoculated against any kind of labor solidarity for my entire life. At some point, you can’t just be a victim. You’ve got to fight back. And I don’t know if the people getting sucked into and shat out of Silicon Valley year to year have the gumption to do it. Seems like they’ll line right back up at Facebook the moment Zuck wants to hire them again, under even worse terms, salaries, and working conditions than when they were kicked out.
The reason is similar to why the hiring process is so stupid. You can’t just flash a degree and get a job. You have to navigate the hazing ritual because engineers are cocky bastards. That cockiness means they think their intelligence alone is all they need in order to secure their career.