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hot take: software people are going to regret not unionizing when we could

Why would shareholders unionise? Big tech comp is 1) K-shaped and 2) mostly made up of stock Your incentives are to align with capital, not labour.

...and what % of "software people" work for big tech?

At the peak, during the employee's market when 50% raises were not uncommon and labour actually held any power? 15-20%?

That 15-20% was probably the most mobile part of the software workforce, so they had an outsized impact on industry-wide unionisation drives.

That's fair. I just don't think the big majority of SWE have class consciousness. SWE is a pretty petit-bourgeoise occupation, given stock options, and this class of people being somewhat on the asset-owning ladder