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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026782 stories
Beware Management Consultants↗ about.iceland.co.uk · HN · 158 comments · 627 points · Aug 18, 2026
Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise↗ nypost.com · HN · 502 comments · 443 points · Jul 27, 2026
Conventional Commits encourages focus on the wrong things↗ sumnerevans.com · HN · 276 comments · 372 points · Jun 05, 2026
Appearing productive in the workplace↗ nooneshappy.com · HN · 652 comments · 1634 points · May 06, 2026
Nobody gets promoted for simplicity↗ terriblesoftware.org · HN · 513 comments · 896 points · Mar 04, 2026
20251,114 stories
Transparent leadership beats servant leadership↗ entropicthoughts.com · HN · 253 comments · 514 points · Dec 04, 2025
How to Lead in a Room Full of Experts↗ idiallo.com · HN · 137 comments · 459 points · Sep 24, 2025
If you are useful, it doesn't mean you are valued↗ betterthanrandom.substack.com · HN · 354 comments · 850 points · Jun 02, 2025
Career Development: What It Means to Be a Manager, Director, or VP (2015)↗ kellblog.com · HN · 252 comments · 545 points · Mar 21, 2025
Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working↗ economist.com · HN · 904 comments · 678 points · Feb 28, 2025
20241,185 stories
How to grow professional relationships↗ tej.as · HN · 195 comments · 411 points · Dec 04, 2024
How to give a senior leader feedback without getting fired↗ newsletter.weskao.com · HN · 327 comments · 407 points · Nov 23, 2024
A change of heart regarding employee metrics↗ rachelbythebay.com · HN · 389 comments · 650 points · Nov 04, 2024
How to Lead Your Team When the House Is on Fire↗ peterszasz.com · HN · 206 comments · 400 points · Sep 15, 2024
Advantages of incompetent management↗ yosefk.com · HN · 252 comments · 543 points · Jul 04, 2024
20231,247 stories
How to survive in a Chinese company↗ jaapgrolleman.com · HN · 35 comments · 78 points · Dec 24, 2023
When your coworker does great work, tell their manager↗ jvns.ca · HN · 35 comments · 141 points · Aug 31, 2023
How to Spot Cult Leader Personalities↗ sashachapin.substack.com · HN · 22 comments · 34 points · May 16, 2023
Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC within a company↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 28 comments · 172 points · Feb 06, 2023
Ask HN: What do you talk about in 1-on-1s with your managers?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 54 comments · 65 points · Jan 10, 2023
20221,239 stories
Tell HN: Beware 'Ungrowth' in Your Job↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 285 comments · 454 points · Oct 18, 2022
Finishing what you start makes teams more productive and predictable↗ lucasfcosta.com · HN · 162 comments · 393 points · Jul 25, 2022
Toxic Productivity↗ paperform.co · HN · 133 comments · 330 points · Jun 10, 2022
How to professionally say↗ howtoprofessionallysay.akashrajpurohit.com · HN · 393 comments · 979 points · May 01, 2022
On Being Indispensable↗ sofuckingagile.com · HN · 283 comments · 537 points · Mar 14, 2022
20211,219 stories
Professional maintainers: a wake-up call↗ blog.filippo.io · HN · 447 comments · 547 points · Dec 11, 2021
People prefer friendliness, trustworthiness in teammates over skill competency↗ binghamton.edu · HN · 303 comments · 510 points · Nov 02, 2021
Overly analytical guide to escorting↗ knowingless.com · HN · 440 comments · 826 points · Oct 19, 2021
The most precious resource is agency↗ simonsarris.substack.com · HN · 325 comments · 701 points · Jul 01, 2021
Employees are happier when led by people with deep expertise (2016)↗ hbr.org · HN · 203 comments · 691 points · Mar 26, 2021
20201,612 stories
How to Get Promoted↗ defmacro.substack.com · HN · 317 comments · 788 points · Sep 28, 2020
Work on What Matters↗ staffeng.com · HN · 125 comments · 493 points · Sep 24, 2020
When your coworker does great work, tell their manager↗ jvns.ca · HN · 367 comments · 1074 points · Jul 16, 2020
Habits of High-Functioning Teams↗ deniseyu.io · HN · 107 comments · 436 points · May 24, 2020
Manager's Playbook: Heuristics for effective management↗ github.com · HN · 60 comments · 369 points · Apr 30, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Doing Everyone Else's Job↗ yosefk.com · HN · 115 comments · 215 points · Sep 15, 2026
Aligned to whom?↗ hyperbo.la · HN · 124 comments · 181 points · Sep 13, 2026
Beware Management Consultants↗ about.iceland.co.uk · HN · 158 comments · 627 points · Aug 18, 2026
Coordination Headwind: How Organizations Are Like Slime Molds↗ komoroske.com · HN · 52 comments · 174 points · Aug 30, 2026
How I Prompt↗ thorstenball.com · HN · 13 comments · 70 points · Sep 09, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Doing Everyone Else's Job↗ yosefk.com · HN · 115 comments · 215 points · Sep 15, 2026
Aligned to whom?↗ hyperbo.la · HN · 124 comments · 181 points · Sep 13, 2026
Coordination Headwind: How Organizations Are Like Slime Molds↗ komoroske.com · HN · 52 comments · 174 points · Aug 30, 2026
How I Prompt↗ thorstenball.com · HN · 13 comments · 70 points · Sep 09, 2026
How we manage and engage with our horses shapes their personality↗ utu.fi · HN · 16 comments · 47 points · Sep 10, 2026
Show HN: Personal Context MCP↗ lanes.sh · HN · 9 comments · 28 points · Sep 04, 2026
Cultivating Trust↗ kaeruct.github.io · HN · 1 comments · 18 points · Sep 06, 2026
You cannot manage your peers↗ louisedeason.substack.com · HN · 0 comments · 10 points · Sep 23, 2026
'Ask for what you want' is a key skill for the 21st century↗ robinsloan.com · HN · 0 comments · 7 points · Sep 21, 2026
If we do not stop to help each other, what do we become?↗ blog.codinghorror.com · HN · 1 comments · 5 points · Sep 26, 2026

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