You're willingly choosing to work on an interesting problem that you otherwise would not have access to, and, let's be real, our compensation and autonomy as developers is far from that of servitude. Plus you can quit any time.
Slavery here really hyperbolic. We're talking about hard work that is both interesting and rewarding.
Yeah I get the sarcasm, but I really don't understand people who accept capitalism and also accept that their hard work is worth more than what they receive in compensation. Like, shouldn't they be upset and trying to find a way to twist the system for their benefit, just like the people using them?
I don't think most people have the mental bandwidth to balance rotting away in an 8 hour job, managing family life, and having some semblance of self esteem just to add on how to escape. I think the pressure release of the weekend is the only satisfaction people can afford due to the momentum of work completely eroding their concept of life.
There are plenty of people who do though I imagine.
I have peers who are DINKs who have openly embraced the idea of capitalism as a good thing. Yet they toil for someone else all day not getting paid for their output.
Capitalism isn’t about value of work: you aren’t paid for what you deliver. Free markets are about supply and demand: is someone else willing to deliver the same value for a lower cost.
We are all consumers behaving like this, looking for the best deals on products. Don’t expect employers to behave differently.
Fair point, they are not the same. Reason to do this is because the parent mentioned not being awarded according to value, it seems to me his core problem is with the free market system, not so much with capitalism as a tool to organize power and politics.
I think I might have given the impression that I'm advocating for this kind of sprint as a regular occurrence when I'm actually advocating for very spaced out moments (the kind you can count on your hand in your entire career), well chosen and with the proper aftercare.
