Que leyendo la prensa seria uno diría que lo han inventado los millennials, pero es algo que parece que lleva unos ciertos ciclos y se olvida y se vuelve a descubrir.
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology, capítulo 6. Estamos a finales de los 60, cuando la fabricación de semiconductores empezaba a despuntar en Estados Unidos:
Fairchild, however, was still owned by an East Coast multimillionaire who paid his employees well but refused to give them stock options, viewing the idea of giving away equity as a form of “creeping socialism.” Eventually, even Noyce, one of Fairchild’s cofounders, began wondering whether he had a future at the firm. Soon everyone began looking for the exit. The reason was obvious. Alongside new scientific discoveries and new manufacturing processes, this ability to make a financial killing was the fundamental force driving forward Moore’s Law. As one of Fairchild’s employees put it in the exit questionnaire he filled out when leaving the company: “I... WANT... TO... GET... RICH.”
Supongo que el dueño de Fairchild acudiría al día siguiente a su periodista de cabecera para que le hiciera una entrevista y poder quejarse de que nadie quiere trabajar.