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kashkhan
on March 19, 2014
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What Happens to Older Developers?
if the government isn't stepping up to help old developers, shouldn't there be a developers' union to take care of them?
Old age and ill health can happen to anyone. Even crack developers.
cuillevel3
on March 19, 2014
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Yes, but we are doing sooo well in our twenties and thirties, why would we unionize....
kashkhan
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it's the usual thing. we all want to be zuck. we don't want to cramp the lifestyle of zucks by unionizing in case it hurts us when we become one. Like lottery ticket buyers oblivious to the fact that buying a ticket is an expected negative.
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Old age and ill health can happen to anyone. Even crack developers.