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Developers are the autoworkers of our generation

by @greggyb blog.baugues.com published 2013-08-141 min read

Fifty years ago, an autoworker could provide a middle-class existence for his family. Bought a house. Put kids through college. Wife stayed home. He didn’t even need a degree. That shit’s over. Detroit just went bankrupt. No one’s got it better than developers right now. When

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