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[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 3 points 7 months ago (8 children)

Serious question, not a native speaker: Why do people in the Anglosphere refer to mostly-software companies as tech companies, or to software developers as tech workers?

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Tech is short-hand for technology.
So, technology companies and technology workers.

[–] emberwit@feddit.de 2 points 7 months ago

But the question was why

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