Ask HN: What Programming Skills Will Still Matter in 10 Years?
(ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: What Programming Skills Will Still Matter in 10 Years?
Ask HN: What Programming Skills Will Still Matter in 10 Years?
Burn Your Title
(eatonphil.com)
I've been a developer, a manager, a cofounder, and now I'm a developer again. I ran away from each position until being a founder because I felt like I was limited by what I was allowed to do.
I've been a developer, a manager, a cofounder, and now I'm a developer again. I ran away from each position until being a founder because I felt like I was limited by what I was allowed to do.
Burn Your Title
(eatonphil.com)
Burn your title. Burn your job description. I mean, keep your boss happy for sure. Keep your teammates happy by supporting them and building them up and communicating well.
Burn your title. Burn your job description. I mean, keep your boss happy for sure. Keep your teammates happy by supporting them and building them up and communicating well.
Ask HN: What did you learn too late in your tech career?
(ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: What did you learn too late in your tech career?
Ask HN: What did you learn too late in your tech career?
Ask HN: How to transition into Robotics
(ycombinator.com)
I would very much like to work on robotics in almost any capacity and am wondering if anyone can share any tips on how I might be able to break into the industry.
I would very much like to work on robotics in almost any capacity and am wondering if anyone can share any tips on how I might be able to break into the industry.
"Just Keep Applying" Isn't Persistence, It's Insanity
(smustafa.blog)
It’s been occurring to me more and more often, lately, that as job seekers, we are told to keep doing the exact same things on a loop.
It’s been occurring to me more and more often, lately, that as job seekers, we are told to keep doing the exact same things on a loop.
Ask HN: How do you talk about past jobs you regret in interviews?
(ycombinator.com)
I'm currently interviewing for new roles and while I did do some pretty cool work in my last role, I really struggle to talk about any of it in a remotely positive away. It's a period of my life where I was mostly unhappy and the endless arbitrary deadlines only compounded it, resulting in me staying there for several years too long just from feeling too busy to look at alternatives.
I'm currently interviewing for new roles and while I did do some pretty cool work in my last role, I really struggle to talk about any of it in a remotely positive away. It's a period of my life where I was mostly unhappy and the endless arbitrary deadlines only compounded it, resulting in me staying there for several years too long just from feeling too busy to look at alternatives.
Ask HN: What's the Most Useful Piece of Career Advice You've Received?
(ycombinator.com)
The best advice I ever got was from a mentor who told me: Your network is your net worth but only if you give more than you take.
The best advice I ever got was from a mentor who told me: Your network is your net worth but only if you give more than you take.
Ask HN: What Tools Did You Use to Land Your Current Job?
(ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: What Tools Did You Use to Land Your Current Job?
Ask HN: What Tools Did You Use to Land Your Current Job?
The best programmers I know
(endler.dev)
I have met a lot of developers in my life. Lately, I asked myself: “What does it take to be one of the best? What do they all have in common?”
I have met a lot of developers in my life. Lately, I asked myself: “What does it take to be one of the best? What do they all have in common?”
The Best Programmers I Know
(endler.dev)
I have met a lot of developers in my life. Lately, I asked myself: “What does it take to be one of the best? What do they all have in common?”
I have met a lot of developers in my life. Lately, I asked myself: “What does it take to be one of the best? What do they all have in common?”
Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer (2016)
(haseebq.com)
When the story of how I landed a job at Airbnb went viral, I was surprised at how infatuated people were with my negotiations.
When the story of how I landed a job at Airbnb went viral, I was surprised at how infatuated people were with my negotiations.
Ask HN: Looking to Break into Cybersecurity – Where Do I Start?
(ycombinator.com)
I have a degree in Computer Science and currently work as a frontend web developer.
I have a degree in Computer Science and currently work as a frontend web developer.
Ask HN: Struggling with Anxiety as a Developer – What Are My Options?
(ycombinator.com)
I'm a senior web developer (10 years), but in the past three years, I’ve struggled with anxiety, and my performance has suffered because of it. I started a new job last year but I was let go due to performance and am now wondering how to move forward.
I'm a senior web developer (10 years), but in the past three years, I’ve struggled with anxiety, and my performance has suffered because of it. I started a new job last year but I was let go due to performance and am now wondering how to move forward.
Ask HN: How to make money in the new age of AI?
(ycombinator.com)
Employed. Unfairly compensated. Old. Love AI. How to capitalize on the new tech wave?
Employed. Unfairly compensated. Old. Love AI. How to capitalize on the new tech wave?
Ask HN: Best and worst jobs of your career and why?
(ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Best and worst jobs of your career and why?
Ask HN: Best and worst jobs of your career and why?
Ask HN: Should I learn COBOL at 14yo in 2025?
(ycombinator.com)
I've worked in many programming languages, but are older languages like COBOL or Fortran worth looking into? COBOL certainly has a job opportunity later on since the average age of developers is over 60, they will probably hire any young person who has learned a minimum of COBOL which is already quite rare
I've worked in many programming languages, but are older languages like COBOL or Fortran worth looking into? COBOL certainly has a job opportunity later on since the average age of developers is over 60, they will probably hire any young person who has learned a minimum of COBOL which is already quite rare
My Horrible Career
(bitfieldconsulting.com)
I recently had a fascinating, and wide-ranging, conversation with ace developer advocate Zack Proser, of the highly recommended Supercharge Your Dev Skills blog. We’re both very interested in tech careers and how they work (or don’t), and Zack had some penetrating questions about my own career, and whether or not I’m any good at taking my own advice. (Spoiler alert: no.)
I recently had a fascinating, and wide-ranging, conversation with ace developer advocate Zack Proser, of the highly recommended Supercharge Your Dev Skills blog. We’re both very interested in tech careers and how they work (or don’t), and Zack had some penetrating questions about my own career, and whether or not I’m any good at taking my own advice. (Spoiler alert: no.)
Career Advice in 2025
(lethain.com)
Yesterday, the tj-actions repository, a popular tool used with Github Actions was compromised (for more background read one of these two articles). Watching the infrastructure and security engineering teams at Carta respond, it highlighted to me just how much LLMs can’t meaningfully replace many essential roles of software professionals. However, I’m also reading Jennifer Palkha’s Recoding America, which makes an important point: decision-makers can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent. (Or, in this context, remain employed.)
Yesterday, the tj-actions repository, a popular tool used with Github Actions was compromised (for more background read one of these two articles). Watching the infrastructure and security engineering teams at Carta respond, it highlighted to me just how much LLMs can’t meaningfully replace many essential roles of software professionals. However, I’m also reading Jennifer Palkha’s Recoding America, which makes an important point: decision-makers can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent. (Or, in this context, remain employed.)
Ask HN: Any jobs that don't force you to always be advancing career wise?
(ycombinator.com)
I’m a software developer (web, fullstack) that’s been in the industry for about 10 years now and I’ve gotten to a point where I don’t care about advancing my career.
I’m a software developer (web, fullstack) that’s been in the industry for about 10 years now and I’ve gotten to a point where I don’t care about advancing my career.
Senior engineers: Please prep for interviews
(josvisser.substack.com)
This week I am writing to you from my adopted home country of Spain. People who are not from Europe might not realize this, but Spain is the Florida of Europe, in the sense that many older Europeans of some means spend some or all of their retired life on the sunny Mediterranean coasts of this lovely country. My parents did so too and that’s how I ended up here.
This week I am writing to you from my adopted home country of Spain. People who are not from Europe might not realize this, but Spain is the Florida of Europe, in the sense that many older Europeans of some means spend some or all of their retired life on the sunny Mediterranean coasts of this lovely country. My parents did so too and that’s how I ended up here.
Ask HN: How to find intellectually challenging work?
(ycombinator.com)
After working (mostly) as a backend developer since 2013, I was recently burned (or bored?) out a bit, quit my job and went on a sabbatical for half a year. Now I need to start looking for a new job. However, I'm not sure how to find something that feels more meaningful and intellectually stimulating to me.
After working (mostly) as a backend developer since 2013, I was recently burned (or bored?) out a bit, quit my job and went on a sabbatical for half a year. Now I need to start looking for a new job. However, I'm not sure how to find something that feels more meaningful and intellectually stimulating to me.
How to know when it's time to go
(bitfieldconsulting.com)
I don’t have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. When you hate your job, no matter how much you try to put up with it, there comes a point where you’re mad as hell and you’re just not going to take it anymore. So, maybe this is the right moment to reflect: is it time to go?
I don’t have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. When you hate your job, no matter how much you try to put up with it, there comes a point where you’re mad as hell and you’re just not going to take it anymore. So, maybe this is the right moment to reflect: is it time to go?
How to spot a rocketship startup in AI: lessons from interviewing at 46 startups
(janvikalra.substack.com)
Many of us optimize for the wrong things when choosing a startup to join: prestige, billion dollar valuations, or what’s trending in the news. In my last post, I shared why one should optimize for hypergrowth as well as distracting metrics to deprioritize.
Many of us optimize for the wrong things when choosing a startup to join: prestige, billion dollar valuations, or what’s trending in the news. In my last post, I shared why one should optimize for hypergrowth as well as distracting metrics to deprioritize.
Dear Student: Yes, AI is here, you're screwed unless you take action
(ghuntley.com)
Two weeks ago a student anonymously emailed me asking for advice. This is the reply and if I was in your shoes this is what I'd do.
Two weeks ago a student anonymously emailed me asking for advice. This is the reply and if I was in your shoes this is what I'd do.
Ask HN: Should I Make the Pivot to Cybersecurity or Grow as a Software Engineer?
(ycombinator.com)
I'm 28, and I'm working as a fully-remote software engineer contractor for a US-based startup.
I'm 28, and I'm working as a fully-remote software engineer contractor for a US-based startup.
Ludic's Guide to Getting Software Engineering Jobs
(mataroa.blog)
The steps in this guide have generated A$869,000 in salary prior to being published, measured as the sum of the highest annual salaries my friends have reached after following along, which they have attributed to these steps. If it works for you in the coming months, email me so I can bump the number up.
The steps in this guide have generated A$869,000 in salary prior to being published, measured as the sum of the highest annual salaries my friends have reached after following along, which they have attributed to these steps. If it works for you in the coming months, email me so I can bump the number up.
The future of MCP in agentic environments?
(ycombinator.com)
I just wanted to chat here real quick with anyone interested in this. I am a founder of kallro.com (unlaunched) and we are using MCP throughout our product. I was wondering what the future of mcp might look like in y'alls eyes and get some outside opinons on it. What might talent look like and are any new grads here intersted in learning it for future jobs?
I just wanted to chat here real quick with anyone interested in this. I am a founder of kallro.com (unlaunched) and we are using MCP throughout our product. I was wondering what the future of mcp might look like in y'alls eyes and get some outside opinons on it. What might talent look like and are any new grads here intersted in learning it for future jobs?