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Re:How Silicon Valley CEOs conspired to drive down engineers... by polotics on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @02:50AM (#18022272)
Until the cartel grows ever more greedy and decides you're best employed in a company town where all of your wage goes straight back into the owner's pocket. Then you're a slave in all but name. Is this the future you want for your children?
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Re:How Silicon Valley CEOs conspired to drive down engineers... by zeroname on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @03:11AM (#18022364)
Who says I am (or need to be) an employee? All you slaves can go work for me instead, I'll pay you an extra nickel. I'll sell your labor right back to those companies you just left, those old robber barons couldn't write an SQL statement if their wealth depended on it!

And there's nothing that could stop me... except government regulation.

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