This is precisely the attitude that keeps us here. Crabs in a bucket.
>Vested RSUs turn people into millionaires overnight.
So do lottery tickets - your odds are about the same too
>The benefit of the tech industry is that there's always a market for it and there are low barriers to entry. Programmers can vote with their feet. This isn't the 1950s. There are millions of choices for tech workers today that aren't street-sweeping or working for Big Blue.
"I have enough options so I do not feel any sense of responsibility to support my coworkers against a structurally imbalanced system"
Not to put too fine of a point on it, but your response is almost precisely the point people make with the misquoted phrase:
"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires"
>Vested RSUs turn people into millionaires overnight.
So do lottery tickets - your odds are about the same too
>The benefit of the tech industry is that there's always a market for it and there are low barriers to entry. Programmers can vote with their feet. This isn't the 1950s. There are millions of choices for tech workers today that aren't street-sweeping or working for Big Blue.
"I have enough options so I do not feel any sense of responsibility to support my coworkers against a structurally imbalanced system"
Not to put too fine of a point on it, but your response is almost precisely the point people make with the misquoted phrase:
"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires"
More nuance to that quote here: https://hellyesjohnsteinbeck.tumblr.com/post/23486952183/com...