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Re:Ask HN: Why don't developers unionize? by mrmaximus on Friday February 03, 2017 @08:14PM (#13564962)
> I see a future where a developer is paid the salary of a retail cashier and it scares me.

The only way that will happen is if Point-of-Sale systems become so complex that a developer has to run them, or development becomes as easy as punching buttons on a Point-of-Sale system.

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't developers unionize? by booleandilemma on Friday February 03, 2017 @08:27PM (#13565019)
The difficulty of development doesn't have to change, and I'm not saying it will, but the number of people who know how to program will increase.
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Re:Ask HN: Why don't developers unionize? by dsacco on Saturday February 04, 2017 @11:41AM (#13567589)
That concerns me as well. If you'd like some consolation, make a job post and interview "senior software engineers" sometime. Try fizzbuzz as a first question (yes, even in 2017).
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