Very well said. And to answer your questions and thereby further enforcing your assertions: (1) I am a self taught software developer and systems engineer (2) I do not have a CS degree; I have a masters degree in the (completely unrelated) aerospace field (3) I currently work at a large aerospace company as a software engineer which ironically is having is having its own union issues at this very moment (strike) (4) Even more irony; I crossed over to the IT field specifically because on union issues in the aerospace industry.
I concur. Absolutely not! Unions are bane of our existence. They serve only to wreck American companies and the American economy above their own self interests. This will ultimately lead to jobs and technical expertise being shipped overseas instead of remaining here. IT workers are among the best paid group of people as compared to other career fields. Why do think we have such a huge trade deficit, particularly with our Asian counterparts? If you are working too many hours, why not simply find another job? There are plenty of tech jobs out there. If you can't find a job utilizing your particular skill set, then diversify and retrain yourself. Unionization is not the answer. Say no to unions.
As a Cuban-American I'm appalled by this. They have the same system is communist Cuba. Neighbors spy on each other and turn each other into the state authorities. Bad form.
I think the first few words in the article says it all: "Scientists from NYU and UCLA...". I'm sure their findings are completely apolitical (not). I wonder who flipped the bill for that study?
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Very well said. And to answer your questions and thereby further enforcing your assertions: (1) I am a self taught software developer and systems engineer (2) I do not have a CS degree; I have a masters degree in the (completely unrelated) aerospace field (3) I currently work at a large aerospace company as a software engineer which ironically is having is having its own union issues at this very moment (strike) (4) Even more irony; I crossed over to the IT field specifically because on union issues in the aerospace industry.
I concur. Absolutely not! Unions are bane of our existence. They serve only to wreck American companies and the American economy above their own self interests. This will ultimately lead to jobs and technical expertise being shipped overseas instead of remaining here. IT workers are among the best paid group of people as compared to other career fields. Why do think we have such a huge trade deficit, particularly with our Asian counterparts? If you are working too many hours, why not simply find another job? There are plenty of tech jobs out there. If you can't find a job utilizing your particular skill set, then diversify and retrain yourself. Unionization is not the answer. Say no to unions.
As a Cuban-American I'm appalled by this. They have the same system is communist Cuba. Neighbors spy on each other and turn each other into the state authorities. Bad form.
I think the first few words in the article says it all: "Scientists from NYU and UCLA...". I'm sure their findings are completely apolitical (not). I wonder who flipped the bill for that study?