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		seiji on June 13, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Silicon Valley’s Dark Secret: It’s All About Age (... The fun part about unions: when you see your company has $200 billion cash in the bank, the union gets together and says "we made that. everyone deserves a raise." If you're a programmer working at Apple or Google making less than ~$3 million per year (or any other large-scale, profitable firm), you're being taken advantage of.

michaelochurch on June 13, 2015 [–]

I laugh heartily when management types say they want someone to be "more of a team player".

A team player-- that is, a unionist-- is the last thing that Silicon Valley investors and executives want.

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