The dismissive tech worker discourse around #WGA and #SAGAFTRA #union workers striking basically fall into a predictable pattern:

a) They think actors and writers are a lot better off than most of them are;

b) They have made careers in an industry without any union protection, and somehow think this makes them virtuous;

c) They have no goddamn clue whatsoever how badly they themselves are being exploited.

@flargh There’s also a sort of mythology with tech bros that being in the STEM realm magically protects them from the sort of capitalist pressures that suppress wages, ruin work-life balance, and expose workers to job insecurity.
@PKMKII wait until these motherfuckers turn 50 and find themselves unemployable.

@flargh @PKMKII

And that totally unemployable.
By 40 getting a new job/contract starts taking longer.

It's always been that way. I [25ish] remember being told it would happen at a Christmas BBQ in 88 or 89.

@gnoll110 @flargh @PKMKII I'm 39 and it's been a struggle to find new work since being laid off in February.
@flargh @PKMKII
why would you let this happen?
i mean at 50 everyone should retire — not work for 30 more years till senile