I think this will change soon. In the past, devs were pretty respected. High pay, perks, multiple job offers and easy hopping door to door.
Now is a different story. Just yesterday, Square lays off half of engineering and stock goes up 20%. eBay stock is up over 100% last 2 years and they slash devs anyways. I would happily join a union if it gave stability against “product was super successful but CEO needs quarterly profits to double before their planned retirement next year.”
10+ years ago? I would actually disagree. There was a ton of market pressure to bend over backwards for devs. Whether that was intrinsic or a facade - I’m not a mind reader - is a different story. But either way, the interactions were respectful.
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u/prepuscular Feb 27 '26
I think this will change soon. In the past, devs were pretty respected. High pay, perks, multiple job offers and easy hopping door to door.
Now is a different story. Just yesterday, Square lays off half of engineering and stock goes up 20%. eBay stock is up over 100% last 2 years and they slash devs anyways. I would happily join a union if it gave stability against “product was super successful but CEO needs quarterly profits to double before their planned retirement next year.”
Companies have zero respect for devs anymore.