Hacker News with Generative AI: Career

Laid off for the first time in my career, and twice in one year (dillonshook.com)
So, I got laid off again… This time it was the week before Christmas, last time it was a week into paternity leave. Both great timing, I know. Last time I didn’t feel like writing about it since it was a swirl of emotions with a new baby in the house and the first time I had been laid off in my career, 13 years in at that point.
Show HNL: Upload resume, get a motivational audio (adauris.ai)
Turn your 2025 goals into a motivational podcast. Start your year off strong!
Conscious unbossing (robertwalters.co.uk)
Over half of Gen-Z professionals don’t want to take on a middle management role in their career.
Ask HN: How is your job search going? (ycombinator.com)
I’ve been pretty depressed trying to find a job recently, so I’m wondering how it’s going for you guys. Wanna share your success story? Or are you struggling too and need to vent? This is the place.
Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2025? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2025?
Dimension of Professional Growth: Understanding How Others See You (medium.com)
Beyond the numbers and achievements that fill our performance reviews lies a crucial blind spot: how do others truly experience us? While we meticulously track our deliverables, we often overlook the profound impact our presence and interactions have on our professional relationships and success.
Lessons I learned working at an art gallery (henrikkarlsson.xyz)
A few days ago, I resigned from my job at the art gallery to write Escaping Flatland full time.
IMBA: A Curated Self-Learning MBA Inspired by 'The Personal MBA (github.com/abari111)
Having an MBA from a renowned institute opens doors, allowing us to take a significant leap in our career.
A silly science prize changed my career (nature.com)
A levitating frog, a necrophiliac duck, taxi drivers’ brains — the Ig Nobel prizes have shined a spotlight on offbeat work. Here’s an inside look at how winners feel about this sometimes unwanted ‘honour’.
Is It Time to Step Away from Coding After 10 Years? (ycombinator.com)
After more than a decade of daily coding, I'm questioning whether to step back.
Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2024) (ycombinator.com)
NEW RULE: Please only post a job if you actually intend to fill a position and are committed to responding to everyone who applies.
Ask HN: Where to start when creating a programming language? (ycombinator.com)
I've been a programmer for more than 5 years and during that time I've already developed a few small things, but now I want to start understanding in depth what a programming language is and how it works, but I don't even know where to start. If anyone can help me, I'd really appreciate it.
How do you find side projects? (ycombinator.com)
Trying to find some side project but really hard to find one.
Ask HN: Software devs who went to work to Middle East how did it go? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Software devs who went to work to Middle East how did it go?
Ask HN: What is a programming language that you don't use at work but enjoy? (ycombinator.com)
At work, I use Go and Python, but a short while ago I started learning Clojure and fell in love with the simplicity and a totally different approach to everything.<p>What is your favourite second language and why?
I stopped the RSI pain that almost destroyed my programming career (2016) (codewithoutrules.com)
If it hurts to type you’ll have a much harder time working as a programmer.
Nearly 50% of researchers quit science within a decade, huge study reveals (nature.com)
A study of nearly 400,000 scientists across 38 countries finds that one-third of them quit science within five years of authoring their first paper, and almost half leave within a decade.
Woman gets reply about job application – 48 years on (bbc.com)
A woman who spent 48 years wondering why an application for her dream job was never answered has finally found out why.
Leaving my last job [at Apple] (typesanitizer.com)
I worked at Apple on the Swift team from July 2019 to Sept 2021. In terms of my career as a Software Engineer, this was the Year 0 - 2.25 period.
Conscious unbossing: why Gen Z are refusing to become managers (theguardian.com)
Research has found more than half of British young professionals do not want to take on a middle-management position. And who can blame them?
What I've Learned in the Past Year Spent Building an AI Video Editor (makeartwithpython.com)
Last year I was let go after just 6 months in a new role.
CS Career fair cancelled at community college because no companies reached out (twitter.com)
Ask HN: Why should I learn Rust? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: What is your plan if AI ends coding as a profession in 2-3 years? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: What motivates you, what are you working towards? (ycombinator.com)
The Most Dangerous Email (to my career) I've Sent (notyourlanguage.com)
The shortest, strangest engineering interview I've ever done (medium.com)
Companies Are Slashing Management Roles, Is Unbossing a Career Killer? (forbes.com)
The Art of Resisting Promotion (autodidacts.io)
She's a Four-Time Olympian. Her Parents Want Her to Get a Real Job (wsj.com)