[rexpop]

> I can always just leave and go somewhere else if I’m unhappy.

A common refrain, and not entirely incorrect. It's true that I personally lean on marketplace bargaining power when making politically risky workplace decisions, e.g. pushing for a product or process change.

It has its limits, however, as I've lightly addressed in another comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20384306

[javagram]

Yes, absolutely. And if the amount of bargaining power I felt I have begins to change, I might feel more strongly about being in a union and regaining some of that power through collective bargaining.

Right now, I’m not on a visa and the job market only seems to get hotter and hotter, so for now I feel pretty good about it. Definitely recognize that could change.