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'Where ambition goes to die': These tech workers flocked to Austin during the pandemic. Now they're desperate to get out. (www.businessinsider.com)

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'Where ambition goes to die': These tech workers flocked to Austin during the pandemic. Now they're desperate to get out.::Drawn by the promise of an emerging tech hub, some tech workers who flocked to Austin found a middling tech scene, subpar culture, and scorching heat.

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[-] reversebananimals@lemmy.world 77 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Actual headline: "One guy regrets moving to Austin."

[-] zabadoh@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

Insider spoke to six workers in tech who recently left Austin or are trying to relocate ...

[-] Toribor@corndog.social 9 points 1 year ago

Journalism I guess. Would you say that he 'slammed' Austin?

[-] reversebananimals@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

There's good journalism out there. None of it is published in Business Insider though. Not sure why we're posting these kinds of links on Lemmy

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It is like a desperate journalist who sees one comment on Twitter and reports "People say ____"

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