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Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar... by shortrounddev2 on Thursday September 14, 2023 @09:28AM (#37508758)
Jobs aren't all technical skills. You can be the best coder in the world but if you're a colossal asshole you're not going to get put in charge of other people. If you show up to work drunk or high, you're definitely not going to advance.
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Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar... by nonethewiser on Thursday September 14, 2023 @09:33AM (#37508825)
Never said it was. We're talking about productivity. Being such an asshole that your performance is crippled is baked into that.
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