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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

But the question was why

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 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"