Ask HN: What to do about a strike?

Re:Ask HN: What to do about a strike? by ojbyrne on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @08:46PM (#392247)

And that's exactly it. Some people are rendered as "labor" and others are rendered as "management", and their paths diverge significantly after age 40, not based on competence, but on social connections.

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Re:Ask HN: What to do about a strike? by Elepsis on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @10:42PM (#392425)

I would argue that your social connections are very much based on your competence (albeit in an often different skillset).

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Re:Ask HN: What to do about a strike? by time_management on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @11:40PM (#392482)

The kinds of social connections that result in F-500 CEOship are not acquired, but inherited or (in rare cases) purchased.

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