Yep, I've argue the industry need a P.E. many times.

I prefer not to be elbow deep in actual shit.

"don't be afraid to say "no" and "I don't know". "
never, ever, say that at work regarding an opinion. You will be seen has not being an expert.
Its sad, but true.
Radiolab did an interesting podcast on it:
http://freakonomics.com/2014/0...

That's not correct at all.
Forming a group for you interest is the most constitutional thing you can do. Not allowing people to do that would be unconstitutional.

I wish idiots like you would stop saying everything they don't like is unconstitutional just because they don't like it. You're using tepa party logic and you should be ashamed.

Of course its beneath you. Where the hell would you go were the were over you? :)

"...thought androids on nuclear-powered motorcycles were cool."
That's only because they are cool.

My Dues, 30 a month.
I get 6 weeks vacation, great sick time, and fantastic benefits.
I make 6 figures.

I work 4 tens, any after hours work is billable, being on call is billable. If I give a profession opinion or fact I can't be fired is it happen to be contrary to what some VP wants. Yes, I was fired for explaining why something wasn't possible to a VP. With facts and number and even maths. Yes, I was polite. Hell, once I was reprimanded for putting people in the wrong order in a cc in an email when I worked in the financial sector.

Working 40 is the minority of programmers schedule.

"That's ignoring the risk of the union making it hard to get rid of the people who sincerely need to go,"
I seen people let go. There is a process here, and it's a reasonable one. Warning, write up, write up with correction plan, fired.
It prevents people for getting fired for political reasons, and it also lets people know when their performance has dropped.
As a side note, I got a warning for my performance dropping. Since I normally evaluated as high as possible for my work, this lead e to finding out I was suffering from depression.
I've seen people join the union and think it's like the urban myth of the union. They don't last long.

You just need to hear the sound of their flexor tendons as they squeezed the trigger.

Can't explain something that doesn't actually happen.

Like cake? Cake has layers.

Because it's really a means for the owners to avoid responsibility for their actions.
You see this in any country where corporation do not have a built in shelf life.

Did you know corporation where almost banned in the constitution? They grow large and then manipulate the government. Something seen in the British Empire. The only reason it wasn't was because that had, for all practical purpose, a life of 20 years.

Now they live forever and can take an active role in the government.

If it was simply what you say, then I wouldn't have a problem.

" individuals "
Plural, which would be a collective.

" a word referring to nothing in reality"
Nope:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...

Are you ignorant or too stupid to apply context?

Good for you, bro. A lot of us aren't so fortunate.

I object to corporations as currently constituted in the United States for the same reason I look askance at the Federal government: concentrated power is dangerous to those who lack power. It doesn't matter if that power is political, religious, or economic.

I only chose it because I was young, bitter, directionless, and had some natural talent with computers despite not growing up with a programmable computer at home. I decided I wanted to be a writer, and thought I needed a "respectable" day job and my own apartment instead of just working a couple of part-time jobs and sharing a place with an amiable stranger or three.