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Consolidation and localization of industries
The industry list has been a sore spot for us for a long time, we've had a number of issues on the topic (#337, #252 are just two that come to mind).
With #493 being merged we need to figure out how to complete that work and allow the translation of industries. Before we trouble translators for their time we need to consolidate this list down and identify a way to map a company to the list.
cc @brain-geek @Nitrino @tajchumber @gemantzu
I think before we changed the site to phoenix, there was a proposition to merge some of the industries, at least the ones that fit together or were in reality a sub-industry of another.
First of all though, we need to decide how to store translations for this. Are we keeping the industries in the database and use a map to store translations, or do we hardcode them in a config file, and let users make a pr when they want to add a translation?
I’ve updated the #671 Draft to include some thoughts on industries