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What people get wrong about working in tech, according to tech workers
- Tech work isn’t just coding — much of it is cross-functional: talking to stakeholders, cleaning and interpreting data, and communicating results to nontechnical people.
- AI isn’t a shortcut — it speeds up output but raises the bar; you still need clear thinking and judgment, or the results are low quality.
- “Big Tech” and the software-engineer stereotype miss the breadth of the industry — startups, mid-size companies and roles like PM, UX, data, and security offer meaningful, varied careers.
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