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The secret of the CS and IT job is that it has always been the Neuveaux Blue Collar job.
For every IT exec and formerly-technical middle-management douchebag making really good money, there are 2 to 10 actually technical resources making "okay" money relative to their skill and the insane hours and scenarios they are expected to work.
Oh and let's not forget they're constantly trying to outsource as much of that support and engineering talent as possible.
And that is why we need unions in tech. Tech is a cost center for most companies. It’s a space to beat down as much as possible to get margins up, just the same as the guys working on the line making the thing.
I am in tech, I am in a union. Its fucking great!
Its so nice. Mine just got me a raise this year.