As a somewhat outside observer (socially liberal/democrat country, in SWE but outside of VC/Silicon Valley/FAANG - for now!), I wonder if the community think the rise in "F** you, pay me"[1][2] sentiment will be mediated in any way? I can definitely see the rise of this feeling with record profits, sky high stock prices, big Venture Funding rounds paired with rising income inequality it makes sense. If a group of workers are core to a companies profits, as Software Engineers are for tech companies, demanding a larger share of said profits also makes sense and should be encouraged. However if this new mercenary attitude is to just move at will because you can[3], I don't know how that endgame plays out. Is this a feature of the winner takes all/gold rush era we're in at the moment, does it fizzle out, is there a crash? Just thinking out loud as how this progresses...I dunno I just find it interesting.

I'm sure the response will come something about the company do not care about you, however now I've started to see people here regard anyone just one "level" above them as part of the global capitalist elite.[4] All seems a bit unsustainable to me.

[1] https://twitter.com/IanColdwater/status/1359940513621827592 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27114714 [3] https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1381474017773641731 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27116464

I haven't been in Sweden for a while, but in Finland there's large headlines about a major shortage of tech workers, but based on what I've seen it's basically tech workers changing careers because they are:

1) fed up with useless benefits 2) get no possibilities for developing their skills while on the job 3) are expected to work unpaid overtime for wages that won't pay the rent in the larger cities

I've no idea how it will end to be honest, but I suspect there'll be a lot of buzz about it once post-COVID hiring starts.

>in Finland there's large headlines about a major shortage of tech workers

same where i live, tons of headlines saying there's shortage, but in our case, the salaries are just horrible. not only that but when you have a job that pays well, they basically demand your life for the company.

it's much better to work as a contractor for foreign companies than working at local ones.

> However if this new mercenary attitude is to just move at will because you can[3], I don't know how that endgame plays out.

It is a business, moving at will is how resources get allocated and how it is supposed to play out.