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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
20263,358 stories
HackerRank open sourced its ATS. My resume scored 90/100. Oh wait 74. No – 88↗ danunparsed.com · HN · 433 comments · 1032 points · Jun 29, 2026
A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer↗ roman.pt · HN · 304 comments · 1614 points · Jun 15, 2026
Please don't spam people looking for employment. It's just cruel↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 273 comments · 969 points · Jun 02, 2026
Why senior developers fail to communicate their expertise↗ nair.sh · HN · 333 comments · 826 points · May 12, 2026
Laws of Software Engineering↗ lawsofsoftwareengineering.com · HN · 529 comments · 1172 points · Apr 21, 2026
20254,126 stories
I almost got hacked by a 'job interview'↗ blog.daviddodda.com · HN · 515 comments · 897 points · Oct 15, 2025
Corporations are trying to hide job openings from US citizens↗ thehill.com · HN · 526 comments · 683 points · Sep 12, 2025
Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers↗ fortune.com · HN · 882 comments · 607 points · Aug 04, 2025
“Normal” engineers are the key to great teams↗ spectrum.ieee.org · HN · 514 comments · 622 points · Mar 13, 2025
You're not a senior engineer until you've worked on a legacy project (2023)↗ infobip.com · HN · 412 comments · 783 points · Feb 14, 2025
20244,583 stories
My second year without a job↗ shilin.ca · HN · 930 comments · 688 points · Dec 06, 2024
Egoless Engineering↗ egoless.engineering · HN · 298 comments · 869 points · Dec 03, 2024
Panic at the Job Market↗ matt.sh · HN · 1562 comments · 1717 points · Jul 17, 2024
Ask HN: What is the most useless project you have worked on?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 767 comments · 760 points · Apr 05, 2024
Ask HN: Who else is working on nothing?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 277 comments · 704 points · Jan 13, 2024
20235,325 stories
Everyone's getting ghosted, the new normal in tech recruiting↗ medium.com · HN · 194 comments · 153 points · Dec 29, 2023
Ask HN: Programming Courses for Experienced Coders?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 182 comments · 377 points · Dec 29, 2023
Ask HN: Share your favorite software blog posts of 2023↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 77 comments · 383 points · Dec 25, 2023
Ask HN: What's your "it's not stupid if it works" story?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 499 comments · 441 points · Dec 22, 2023
SDRs and Account Executives job has just been automated↗ jusdr.com · HN · 1 comments · 550 points · Nov 29, 2023
20226,423 stories
My dad's resume and skills from 1980↗ github.com · HN · 583 comments · 1482 points · Oct 25, 2022
Tell HN: You can't hire because you don't post salary ranges↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 523 comments · 1010 points · Jul 21, 2022
The best engineering interview question I've ever gotten↗ quuxplusone.github.io · HN · 448 comments · 893 points · Apr 17, 2022
The new hire who showed up is not the same person we interviewed↗ askamanager.org · HN · 599 comments · 1018 points · Jan 31, 2022
Tell HN: Salary data is for sale↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 762 comments · 1690 points · Jan 07, 2022
20215,781 stories
Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much work we do?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 1058 comments · 1665 points · Dec 16, 2021
Accepted and ghosted: interviewing for a leadership position at Stripe↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 655 comments · 1703 points · Nov 30, 2021
Things I’ve learned in my 20 years as a software engineer↗ simplethread.com · HN · 667 comments · 1431 points · Oct 08, 2021
Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the least real work possible?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 1091 comments · 2022 points · Apr 07, 2021
Software engineering topics I changed my mind on↗ chriskiehl.com · HN · 686 comments · 1164 points · Jan 24, 2021
20206,647 stories
Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software skills: study↗ news.ncsu.edu · HN · 1141 comments · 1782 points · Jul 15, 2020
Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years and counting?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 531 comments · 2634 points · May 31, 2020
Tell HN: Interviewed with Triplebyte? Your profile is about to become public↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 574 comments · 1543 points · May 23, 2020
Ask HN: I'm a software engineer going blind, how should I prepare?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 473 comments · 3270 points · Apr 19, 2020
Ask HN: I've been slacking off at Google for 6 years. How can I stop this?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 970 comments · 1337 points · Jan 05, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

28% of job postings on company career sites have been open over 90 days↗ unlisted.careers · HN · 362 comments · 302 points · Sep 23, 2026
The senior engineer death spiral↗ sunilpai.dev · HN · 150 comments · 284 points · Sep 20, 2026
Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 1234 comments · 381 points · Sep 13, 2026
AI handles incidents, engineers lose touch with their systems↗ sylvainkalache.com · HN · 351 comments · 418 points · Sep 05, 2026
Ask HN: How do you manage skills files?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 299 comments · 320 points · Sep 06, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

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

Highest rated · the last 30 days

AI handles incidents, engineers lose touch with their systems↗ sylvainkalache.com · HN · 351 comments · 418 points · Sep 05, 2026
Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 1234 comments · 381 points · Sep 13, 2026
Ask HN: How do you manage skills files?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 299 comments · 320 points · Sep 06, 2026
28% of job postings on company career sites have been open over 90 days↗ unlisted.careers · HN · 362 comments · 302 points · Sep 23, 2026
The senior engineer death spiral↗ sunilpai.dev · HN · 150 comments · 284 points · Sep 20, 2026
Ask HN: Resources to get good at soldering?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 165 comments · 274 points · Sep 02, 2026
Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2026)↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 396 comments · 254 points · Sep 01, 2026
Show HN: HN Match Maker – Matching "Who Wants to Be Hired?" With "Who's Hiring?"↗ hnmatchmaker.com · HN · 46 comments · 125 points · Sep 01, 2026
Has early Scratch experience led to fulfilling careers?↗ twitter.com · HN · 99 comments · 124 points · Aug 31, 2026
Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026)↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 575 comments · 114 points · Sep 01, 2026

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