Because it doesn't actually have anything to do with "working with your hands". Craftsmen are probably a better example - a talented craftsman, like an athlete, though he's working with his body, can command soaring rates.
The classical worker, the kind I believe the GP meant to refer to, is a commodity. It's the kind of workers it might make sense to hire as day labourers and, conversely, for whom collective bargaining is beneficial.
There has been a tendency for some businesses to treat programmers as this kind of workers, often leading to failed off-shoring efforts.
The classical worker, the kind I believe the GP meant to refer to, is a commodity. It's the kind of workers it might make sense to hire as day labourers and, conversely, for whom collective bargaining is beneficial.
There has been a tendency for some businesses to treat programmers as this kind of workers, often leading to failed off-shoring efforts.