There are bad parts of every job. The fun part of SWE is coding, but that doesn't mean I don't have to write design docs, coordinat between different teams, etc.
>It deserves good working conditions.
I agree, but that doesn't mean you should make a union to do that.
Personally I cannot wait for these “engineers” to be treated like normal technicians.
The odd sense of superiority that people like OP seem to have is nauseating.
If someone else is capable of doing my job for half the pay, then hats off to them, and they deserve it.
So no, it's not hyperbole to suggest the poster is undervaluing their peers.
> that doesn't mean you should make a union to do that.
Usually folks don't unionize until their work consistently fails to deliver good working conditions, so, yeah, in this case you do need to unionize to get that.
these people have stopped licking the boots of capitalism and started to demand change. there’s nothing wrong with that, and there’s no inherent moral value that people should adhere to in their work relationship that precludes them from forming a union.