Respected slave. Software developers are very fortunate to be on the frontier of the tech word. But that does not mean we are free from slavery. We are respected slaves who are in high demand. The only solution is Universal Basic Income. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income. And the best thing about being a software developer is we are the closest people to make the UBI come true. Every minute put in to developing the skill will not go waste. Whenever i find and report a bug to the Free or Opensource project i feel like i am contributing to making the UBI come true.
UBI won't change much for people who already have a job they love. It's designed for people who need to close a gap between gaining knowledge and employments; coping with stress to not finding suitable jobs. I'd love to see it happen but I don't see the use to over-dramatize the misery of developers.
Any one who is not financially independent is a modern slave.
> It's designed for people who need to close a gap between gaining knowledge and employments; coping with stress to not finding suitable jobs.
No. You can do anything or remain idle. That UBI.
I don't know where you live, who your friends are, but I feel bad for you. I feel that I'm respected as a developer, people think I'm sort of wizard doing this (which I certainly don't agree with) but I rarely experienced looked down upon. Try to re-evaluate where are you at the food chain, because you are certainly not the lowest building block.