Kate KirbyJul 3, 2024
We desperately need to start a Slow Software movement. High quality, intentionally designed, low defect software done at a quarter of the pace for the same price. Because we've been destroying the mental health of developers for the last quarter century, and what do we have to show for it but a giant mess?
Show threadGerard Cunningham ✒️Jul 14, 2024

@uncanny_kate

What you need is a Union.

Show threadrory k.Jul 15, 2024
@faduda
i'd be very curious to hear if you know of any one actually existing? i thought about it too two years ago after a big burnout as a freelance programmer.
Show threadGerard Cunningham ✒️Jul 15, 2024
@rory_k Unions never exist until someone sets them up. Maybe you're that person?
That said, it depends on your jurisdiction. I'm in Ireland, where you're probably looking at CWU and SIPTU as potentials. In the UK, there's Unite.
US I'm not familiar with, but possibles include CWA, PPMW, OPEIU.
A search brings up techworkerscoalition.org
Show threadrory k.
@faduda currently in Berlin and went to the opening event of ver.di's freelancer section of their union (ver.di is the biggest union in Germany) last summer. i was not impressed, too focused on workers who are forced to open a one-person biz in order to get a job contract (which is a terrible situation and good they have covered by a union!). there's a tech worker group also in Berlin but also not focused on freelancers. well, something to keep plotting on! (:
Jul 15, 2024 at 4:06pmWeb
Show threadGerard Cunningham ✒️Jul 15, 2024
@rory_k
Unions only change when the members change their course. It's not a Them, it's an Us.