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 CareerHow I'd Search for a Tech Job Abroad in 2026
relocateme.substack.com · 6 points · 0 comments
Roame (YC S23) Is Hiring Lead Engineer
ycombinator.com · 1 points · 0 comments
Salary Ticker – a macOS menu bar app that ticks up your pay
steveharrison.dev · 2 points · 1 comments
Bluesky's new CEO wants to grow it all
theverge.com · 6 points · 0 comments
CollectWise (YC F24) Is Hiring
ycombinator.com · 1 points · 0 comments
Show CVBoosta:Resume Optimizer that tailors your resume to every job
2 points · 0 comments
Interviewing Engineers in the AI Era: Lessons from a Year of Rebuilding
coinbase.com · 63 points · 64 comments
An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it
arstechnica.com · 20 points · 7 comments
BMW to Volkswagen: How deep is Germany's auto industry cull?
dw.com · 12 points · 3 comments
Who wants to be hired? (August 2026)
92 points · 564 comments
Who is hiring? (August 2026)
140 points · 379 comments
The fading American Dream: Visa uncertainty drives Indian tech workers back home
thefederal.com · 10 points · 8 comments
The best-paid AI/tech job anyone advertises pays $824k, not $100M
ctaio.dev · 4 points · 2 comments
AI Mentions in Job Descriptions – August 2026
corvi.careers · 3 points · 0 comments
Blanked – Compare tech hiring processes by role and company
blanked.work · 3 points · 0 comments
30% of certificate credentials reported on LinkedIn are now AI-related
morningstar.com · 5 points · 1 comments
Why Curiosity May Be the Most Underrated Career Skill
forbes.com · 17 points · 2 comments
German carmakers flood jobs market with managers after wielding axe
ft.com · 45 points · 65 comments
Great Question (YC W21) Is Hiring Senior Demand Gen Manager
ycombinator.com · 1 points · 0 comments
JobRadar: Open-source job search agent that scores listings with a local LLM
github.com · 7 points · 0 comments
Morph (YC S23) Is Hiring Member of Technical Staff
ycombinator.com · 1 points · 0 comments
AI's real threat to jobs isn't job loss, it's lower paychecks, new research says
businessinsider.com · 49 points · 22 comments
YC founder asks desperate job seekers to tattoo themselves for an interview
sfstandard.com · 113 points · 69 comments
PaperOS: A native Linux E Ink OS running on BOOX hardware
reddit.com · 15 points · 1 comments
Kontigo (YC S24) Is Hiring
ycombinator.com · 1 points · 0 comments
AI doesn't generate working products, that's still your job
weeraman.com · 261 points · 292 comments
Google is actively hiring someone to save the world from AGI/ASI
google.com · 8 points · 5 comments
What's Happening with IT Hiring?
2 points · 13 comments
Loops (YC W22) Is Hiring a Product Educator
ycombinator.com · 1 points · 0 comments
Would you get tattooed just to interview at a 7-days-a-week AI startup?
arstechnica.com · 5 points · 3 comments