HN: If you're a programmer making only $250k/year, you're basically on poverty rations.
Also HN: I can't believe these blue collar workers are demanding more than $20/hour!
Also HN: I can't believe these blue collar workers are demanding more than $20/hour!
And relatively speaking IT/Engineering professions are paid a lot less (and have less status) than say lawyers and other equivalent professions.
Software devs are hired hands who are play-acting as professionals because of their status anxiety.
It seems to me that a lot of corporate lawyers behave more like hired hitmen who will do pretty much anything for their clients. It doesn't feel like they don't subscribe to any ethical code other than trying to get away with whatever the law may allow.
IT engineers are investing a lot of time and money in growing their skills and most of them are rightfully proud of what they do.
Please do not tell me I am not a "Fucking Professional" if you don't mind.
And by your argument I am more a professional that 90% of FANG engineers as I do have some Mech Eng.