Unions do have a place and need in certain industries... it's just that tech isn't one of them. Anyone sufficiently competent in the tech industry can improve him/herself and get a better income over time - far faster than the typical Union could ever get you. There is a sufficient amount of work to be had out there for those who know what they're doing and can prove it... I think that only a brief 2-3 year period during the dot-bust was the main exception, in a field that has technica
People like you keep saying that, yet I'm not seeing it. I know a lot of people who work in tech and none have had their compensation increase dramatically in the last 15 years.
People like you keep saying that, yet I'm not seeing it. I know a lot of people who work in tech and none have had their compensation increase dramatically in the last 15 years.
Seriously?
The current average salary at Google is $115K/yr. At Amazon it's $102K/yr. At nVidia it's $104K/yr.
Those are NOT bad salaries, and most of the big IT shops pay in that range. That puts IT workers in the upper percentages for the US population. And you are complaining about this? Especially it is common for IT workers to marry other IT workers, so it's frequent to have a two-income family pulling down close to $250K/yr in IT.
STEM salaries beats union salaries on average (yes, there are excepti
Yeah. I earn good money, have a very comfortable lifestyle, and am planning a very nice retirement. My earnings in real dollars haven't gone up in at least fifteen years, despite working to get new and relevant skills. These are not contradictory statements.
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Corporate shills claiming victory and deriding unions as evil in 3.. 2..
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Actually, it's a wash.
Unions do have a place and need in certain industries... it's just that tech isn't one of them. Anyone sufficiently competent in the tech industry can improve him/herself and get a better income over time - far faster than the typical Union could ever get you. There is a sufficient amount of work to be had out there for those who know what they're doing and can prove it... I think that only a brief 2-3 year period during the dot-bust was the main exception, in a field that has technica
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People like you keep saying that, yet I'm not seeing it. I know a lot of people who work in tech and none have had their compensation increase dramatically in the last 15 years.
Seriously?
The current average salary at Google is $115K/yr. At Amazon it's $102K/yr. At nVidia it's $104K/yr.
Those are NOT bad salaries, and most of the big IT shops pay in that range. That puts IT workers in the upper percentages for the US population. And you are complaining about this? Especially it is common for IT workers to marry other IT workers, so it's frequent to have a two-income family pulling down close to $250K/yr in IT.
STEM salaries beats union salaries on average (yes, there are excepti
Re:Aaaaand.. (Score:2)
Yeah. I earn good money, have a very comfortable lifestyle, and am planning a very nice retirement. My earnings in real dollars haven't gone up in at least fifteen years, despite working to get new and relevant skills. These are not contradictory statements.