[eat]

> The more you contribute, the more you sacrifice by joining a coop. The less you contribute, the more you gain.

You could say the same thing to describe working for any corporation.

[Rantenki]

Any corporation which fails to extract more value from it's employees than it pays them doesn't stay in business for long.

But yes, you are absolutely correct, and the value added by a productive developer is probably vastly larger than the value added by the rest of the rank and file. That's why developer centric startups can grow so large, so quickly.

Still need the rank and file to take care of pesky things like sales, payroll, governance/compliance, etc...

[sangnoir]

> Any corporation which fails to extract more value from it's employees than it pays them doesn't stay in business for long.

Same rule applies to co-ops

[djmips]

Unless they are in a monopoly position in a lucrative business.