• mosiacmango
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    There is already a strong “I did this on my own” and “i make enough money to not need a union” sentiment in IT as an industry. Plenty of people that are “experts in one thing, so I must be an expert in everything.” It is a field that favors autodidacts, so these myths self reinforce very easily.

    The majority are left leaning, but it’s not an overwhelming majority. Maybe 60/40. This policy will fuck conservative IT people, for sure.

    • @shalafi
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      56 days ago

      a field that favors autodidacts

      I feel personally attacked.

      • mosiacmango
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        IT is just DIY with fewer letters. Even the “clouds” just add their own layers for you to deal with.

    • @[email protected]
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      I am a staff engineer (contractor), most of us are not adverse to unionization. But we need a massive labor movement to cling onto it seems. The spark doesn’t appear like it will happen within us, gotta be external by my view of it. The engineer today is just not often politically aware or active because of the stress of the workplace environment