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We already are.

• hipsterhelpdesk 5y ago
  Every single company is paying some overpaid techie somewhere to keep something online up in some way, at the very least. The decisions software engineers make in their career choices and goals have extreme and direct impacts on the economy
  • sirmoveon 5y ago
    We aren't yet. Overpaid doesn't mean owner or power. Look at pro sports... Corporate and politicians are still in power, because corruption in those niches rarely ends in accountability; yet cases like Snowden and disgruntled techies can end up as social outlaws.