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Re:At Amazon, Some Coders Say Their Jobs Have Begun to Resem... by SoftTalker on Sunday May 25, 2025 @06:25PM (#44091785)
I guess it depends on whose tradition is under discussion. In the contemporary American usage, "working class" means the trades, or factory and service work. Few people would call a physician or lawyer "working class" even though they are paid for their time (and knowledge).
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Re:At Amazon, Some Coders Say Their Jobs Have Begun to Resem... by closewith on Sunday May 25, 2025 @09:33PM (#44093070)
I wonder about your contemporaries. I imagine that most of them have a completely different definition to you, because you and doctors and lawyers are - to a rounding error - working class and everyone but you is aware of it.
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Re:At Amazon, Some Coders Say Their Jobs Have Begun to Resem... by Noumenon72 on Sunday May 25, 2025 @11:01PM (#44093561)
As someone who used to be in the actual working class (plastic factory), it's not the same at all. Professional-Managerial Class (PMC) covers the autonomy and good treatment the working class can't have. Plus just talk to them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional%E2%80%93manageria...

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