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Cali or bust

Cali or bust phrase: expressing a desire to work for a company in Silicon Valley, California (especially a FAANG company).

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Cali or bust

  1. (university slang) Expressing a desire to work for a company in Silicon Valley, California (especially a FAANG company).
    • Many more are coming to the same realisation as Fox: "Cali or bust". But this is at the expense of other tech hubs. Boston, for example, was once tipped to be the hub Silicon Valley has become. While it is still a major player, particularly in med tech, for various reasons, California came out on...2015 October 12, John Holden, “The networking in Silicon Valley is unparalleled”, in The Irish Times
    • University of Waterloo graduates stressed there is a lot of peer pressure to land jobs in Silicon Valley. The saying on campus is: "Cali or bust."2018 May 3, Terry Pender, “'Cali or bust': Tech sector losing grads to Silicon Valley”, in Waterloo Chronicle

Questions about Cali or bust

What does Cali or bust mean?
Cali or bust means expressing a desire to work for a company in Silicon Valley, California (especially a FAANG company).
What part of speech is Cali or bust?
Cali or bust is a phrase.

Words near Cali or bust in the dictionary

  1. Calhounism
  2. Calhounist
  3. Calhounists
  4. Calhouns
  5. Cali
  6. Cali or bust
  7. Cali roll
  8. Cali rolls
  9. caliatour
  10. Caliban
  11. Calibanian

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