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Airbnb will build a new tech hub in Atlanta

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140 points 7d7n | 1 comments | 18 Feb 21 16:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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dreamcompiler ◴[18 Feb 21 23:37 UTC] No.26187383[source]▶
OK I'll bite. Airbnb is a website. A hard-to-navigate, overproduced one, but it's still basically just a website coupled to a database. And it's not even as complex as Uber's because it doesn't need realtime GPS tracking of anything.

Why does Airbnb need a "tech hub?"

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1. smileysteve ◴[19 Feb 21 00:05 UTC] No.26187653[source]▶
> Why does Airbnb need a "tech hub?"

To agree on different grounds;

They had some remote employees before; have had some remote employees (awkwardly, as an exception while promoting remote work), and will have been all remote for 1.5 years by August.

Will this actually hire jobs in the area? Or is it going to be a reserve office for occasional team building events that is located near a major airport.