Career stories
Career decisions in tech — compensation, interviewing, management transitions, and burnout — generate some of HN's most widely read threads. This archive collects those discussions for people navigating their professional path.
Salary surveys, layoff experiences, and advice for junior developers surface regularly with candid community input.
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RSS feed for CareerPope's Top US Cardinals Visit Silicon Valley, Warn Millions Will Lose Jobs
thelettersfromleo.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Volkswagen to cut 100,000 jobs by end of decade
dw.com · 6 points · 0 comments
The jobs apocalypse is postponed. An AI jobs boom is here
economist.com · 16 points · 7 comments
Women account for nearly all new US jobs in August
semafor.com · 8 points · 0 comments
Volkswagen to cut 50k more jobs, hitting 100k total layoffs
qz.com · 8 points · 0 comments
I refused to train the AI that could replace me
restofworld.org · 32 points · 15 comments
Americans Without Degrees Are Having One of the Best Job Markets in Years
wsj.com · 6 points · 2 comments
Opalite Health (YC W26) Is Hiring – Founding GTM
ycombinator.com · 1 points · 0 comments
LLMs as a Cognitive Virus
arxiv.org · 83 points · 43 comments
Kevin Bass on X: "Women gained all of the new jobs since January 2025
twitter.com · 6 points · 3 comments
How have interviews changed over the last year?
9 points · 0 comments
Judge Orders Trump Officials to Divulge Names of Those Who Set Up $1.8 Bi (Cont)
nytimes.com · 6 points · 0 comments
What is your biggest career regret?
6 points · 3 comments
Volkswagen confirms cutting 50k jobs as part of its survival plan
engadget.com · 5 points · 1 comments
Tell HN: Check your Claude settings, it may have silently enabled remote access
6 points · 5 comments
Volkswagen says it is cutting 100k jobs by the end of the decade
techxplore.com · 7 points · 1 comments
Meta new layoff goal of 60% to AI after moving 30% engineers to labelers
blog.pragmaticengineer.com · 23 points · 12 comments
SubImage (YC W25) Is Hiring a Founding Engineer in SF
ycombinator.com · 1 points · 0 comments
PayPal plans to lay off workers at its South Bay headquarters
sfchronicle.com · 4 points · 0 comments
If a startup worth your career
thetrueengineer.com · 14 points · 3 comments
Tasklet (YC P26) Is Hiring a Customer Success Engineer
tasklet.ai · 1 points · 0 comments
Gooseworks (YC W23) Is Hiring – Founding Creative Engineer
ycombinator.com · 1 points · 0 comments
NBA suspends Clippers owner Ballmer for 1 year in Kawhi Leonard salary cap probe
cnbc.com · 7 points · 3 comments
9 Mothers (YC P26) Is Hiring in Austin, TX
9mothers.com · 1 points · 0 comments
Headed for the Exit: The Great Engineering Leader Career Break
newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Nango (YC W23) is hiring across eng, product and GTM (SF and remote)
nango.dev · 1 points · 0 comments
Freelancers are getting buried with 'soulless' AI slop cleanup
theguardian.com · 9 points · 0 comments
Uber Lays Off 10% of Employees in Reorganization
nytimes.com · 7 points · 3 comments
Suwu, an Omarchy inspired web remote shell
suwu.liyu1981.xyz · 2 points · 0 comments
Uber to Cut 3,300 Jobs in Company Overhaul to Reduce Management Layers
bloomberg.com · 7 points · 1 comments