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> I'm not saying that such a model is the right one for devs, but it would certainly be an interesting move away from "not my fault - nobody would let me do it right".

I would say I'm in a similar position, but that's because I'm more or less essential (no ego here, and can't explain obviously, but I am) and if I walk out, the company has a lot of BFPs to deal with.

Perhaps there should be some sort of guild? Some way that we could make it harder for ourselves to be replaced in such a way where we can actually stop bucks without just getting fired while they find some script kiddie to do what we wouldn't.




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