Comments by "" (@brownhorsesoftware3605) on "Big Tech Companies vs. Software Developers | Tech Layoffs In 2024" video.

There is no safety in employment. No matter how well you perform or how successful your product is, you will get laid off on the whim of some suit. They will offer you a huge retention bonus and then lay off your entire division the next day. Speaking from 47 years experience, the only path to safety is to form your own company.
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@BrunoCodeman In software development the means of production is the developer. Therefore going to work for yourself is equivalent to seizing the means of production.
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@BrunoCodeman All of those things have nothing to do with controlling the safety of my employment. If I could own Dell Computers to the point of controlling my employer, I would not require employment. My assets are in my skillset not my bank account.
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Also, I am not a freelancer. I am a software house with a product. I work for myself, not clients.
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@BrunoCodeman Not if you work for yourself.
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@BrunoCodeman You already defined that term, not me. This is the age of information and the internet where infrastructure is available for pennies. The "means of production" no longer has the same relevance as it did in the industrial age. I am not arguing about means of production. I am talking about employment safety where, yes, workers are not only involved but more highly relevant than means of production. Software is not made in a factory.
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@metalalive2006 Loyalty can still exist in small companies. But corporate management and loyalty are like fish and bicycles - they don't operate in the same space.
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