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As someone not in tech, I have no idea how to refer to my tech friends' jobs (lemmy.world)
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[–] Nath@aussie.zone 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] emberwit@feddit.de 2 points 8 months ago

But the question was why

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 1 points 8 months ago

Thanks for responding but that wasn't the question

Machinists / mechanical engineering are technology workers, so are civil engineers, electrical engineers, etc, but only software gets called "tech"