From an article in the latimes: âoe Alequin said that her uncle had some memories of the abduction and his trip to the East Coast, but when he questioned adults in his life, they did not give him answers. Albino wants to keep some of his experiences private and didnâ(TM)t want to speak to the media, she saidâ

His book is a memoir not a self help book!! One reads a book about the life of Benjamin Franklin not because they want to be like him but they want to learn more about that person.

I have to give you credit for backing up your claims with reported statistics. Good job and I mean it. If the statistics are correct than It does imply, as of now , that employees should have bargaining power.

The only two questions remaining are 1) will this remain to be the case or will the economy, particularly the tech sector, continue to dive. 2) Will the workforce take advantage of this power or will large numbers of individual developers make choices in a desire to earn more than sufficient for retirement. For example, you mention that students can go to cheaper schools than Stanford or USC. While true maybe a large number of parents donâ(TM)t care about that and desire their kids to go to Stanford or USC. Regarding this second question, your statement about how people react assume a lot about people having the same motivations as yourself. If half the potential employee base value making more money regardless whether or not they are already saving substantially for retirement and they willing to go to the office , employers who want staff to come into the office can take advantage of that fact to fire those who are not willing to do so.

Since this is all determined by job market demand , we will find out one way or another over the course of the next year. What employees desire for their ideal working situation and what parts of that are willing to give up for their desired pay.

You may a lot of claims about what the job market is like currently regarding demand for jobs versus the supply of developers. You did not cite economic analysis that supports what you are saying. For example you state , âoe First, that's not true. There are still more tech jobs than qualified applicants.â This may be the case but you have to point to economic analysis that shows this is the case. Also you state, âoe Second, even if it were true, it would be a very temporary situation. â This makes a lot of assumptions without citing the appropriate economic factors. Finally you state, âoe But that's not the end of the story. For every one person like that, there are ten people who put away $15k or more in their 401k plan every year and an extra $30k on top of that, invested in the stock market. Those folks are now sufficiently wealthy that they could retire at any moment if they decide that their job isn't worth their time, though whether they could retire without moving to a lower cost-of-living state varies significantly.âoe There are so many unvalidated claims here. Where do you get the 10 people to 1 person statistic. Also you make big assumptions about cost of living for individuals. Many individuals may have multiple children who may be going to college without scholarships. A couple with 2-3 who they want to go to USC or Stanford is looking at a big bill!

That works in these situations: 1) The Job Market has such low unemployment for the tech sector that employees have the kind of bargaining power that lets them dictate those terms otherwise the company does not have employees. 2) You are known superstar in your field that the skills you bring allow companies to ignore a no work from home policy. 3). There are a sufficient number of other companies that have their incentives to have people work from home such as not having to buy or rent office space. In those cases the employee is providing the company free office space. 2). You are retired or have the option to retire or have some other situation where having a job is optional . Such an insistence to work from home does not work when the contrary is true. That is when most tech companies decide work in office is more desirable for them and Unemployment in the tech sector is high enough that they can pass up your demands and hire another employee who is willing to work in the office. If the job market is poor and people still need to pay rent or mortgages than the companies get to dictate the conditions on which the employee must work. The Job market and tech industry appears to be heading down this latter road.