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Friday feels

It's an August Friday, so I have just three easy asks for you, BMR: 

  1. Take our community survey on how we can better inform you about and connect you to your local tech economy.
  2. Nominate someone for the 2021 RealLIST Engineers, our roundups of influential technologists.
  3. Enjoy your weekend. See ya Monday.

 

— Technical.ly Managing Editor Julie Zeglen (julie@technical.ly)


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