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by rafram 2051 days ago
You don’t have a “right” to work in any particular field. Harvey Weinstein has no right to work in the movie industry because of his actions. For that matter, coal miners have no right to continue being coal miners - those jobs are outmoded. You have a right to earn a living, but not to any particular job.
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In the absence of a licensing authority for software developers, we have the freedom to work for anyone who will hire us, or for ourselves. No one has the right to work for a particular employer, but also no one can kick a person out of our industry altogether.