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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 108 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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

[-] Toribor@corndog.social 14 points 11 months ago

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

[-] reversebananimals@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months 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

[-] zabadoh@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago

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

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

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

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