The cost of getting a job today(weli.dev)
23 points by weli | 23 comments
A personal blog post by a new Head of Engineering at a startup reflecting on hiring and how much more than skills it takes to get a job today.
#job-search on Hacker News
14 stories tagged job-search, newest first.
Leaving Tech(ryanbigg.com)
133 points by jonahx | 127 comments
Ryan Bigg, a 20-year Ruby and JavaScript developer, explains on his blog why he is leaving the tech industry after repeated job rejections.
Show HN: Yeah Nah – a BS score for Australian job ads(yeahnah.lol)
8 points by veilmux | 0 comments
Job Roast is a web tool where you paste a job ad and get a plain-English translation, the real requirements, and a BS score from 0 to 100.
Prepare for your next tech interview, free(nokku.payanai.com)
3 points by payanai | 1 comments
Nokku.ai's free interview prep page with company-specific software engineering interview process guides, practice questions with solutions, and a 4-week plan.
Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2026)
110 points by whoishiring | 345 comments
Monthly Hacker News thread for October 2026 where job seekers post their location, remote preference, technologies, résumé and contact details.
Did They Ghost You?(didtheyghostyou.com)
377 points by mooreds | 168 comments
Did They Ghost You? is a site keeping an anonymous, moderated public record of companies that stop responding to job candidates during interviews.
Please don't spam people looking for employment. It's just cruel
690 points by IliaLitviak | 168 comments
An Ask HN post by a job seeker complaining about receiving unsolicited sales emails after posting in the Who Wants to Be Hired thread.
Ask HN: Has anyone else been unemployed for over two years?
326 points by ncarlson | 329 comments
An Ask HN thread asking people who have been unemployed for over two years how they are coping, with commenters sharing their experiences.
Proposal to Ban Ghost Jobs(cnbc.com)
368 points by Teever | 192 comments
CNBC Make It article about a tech worker frustrated by ghost job ads who is campaigning for a national law banning them.
Show HN: LinkedIn sucks, so I built a better one(heyopenspot.com)
436 points by fliellerjulian | 356 comments
Landing page for OpenSpot, a professional profile platform positioned as a LinkedIn alternative for showcasing work with video and audio to land interviews.
1 in 5 online job postings are either fake or never filled, study finds(gizmodo.com)
358 points by belter | 305 comments
Gizmodo news article reporting a study finding that about one in five online job postings are fake or never filled, so-called ghost jobs.
I automated my job application process(blog.daviddodda.com)
591 points by paul-tharun | 796 comments
A blog post by David Dodda describing how he automated his job application process, part 1 of a series.
I am sick of LeetCode-style interviews(nelson.cloud)
354 points by nelsonfigueroa | 380 comments
A short opinion blog post by a former Robinhood engineer complaining that LeetCode-style coding interviews don't reflect real software engineering work.
Ask HN: What side projects landed you a job?
443 points by jessehorne | 422 comments
Ask HN thread where users share side projects that helped them get hired and how the projects factored into interviews.