Hacker News with Generative AI: Tech Industry

Trimodal Nature of Tech Compensation in the US, UK and India (pragmaticengineer.com)
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Compensation, Tech Industry, US, UK, India

7 points by jcartw 4 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2025) (ycombinator.com)
Share your information if you are looking for work. Please use this format:

Job Hunting, Hiring, Community, Tech Industry

185 points by whoishiring 5 days ago | 484 comments

Ask HN: Are you a 40-year old software engineer without a job for > 1 year? (ycombinator.com)
Large numbers of skilled software engineers are unemployed for months. Many are unemployed for more than a year.

Software Engineering, Employment, Career, Tech Industry

103 points by nextn 6 days ago | 80 comments

AK HN: Is the Era of Hackers/Startups Over? (ycombinator.com)
As a longtime HN user. I've noticed a drastic shift in the last few years in the industry. The glamour of a "hot startup" has gone away in lieu of the inevitably of big corporations and big platforms. Being a programmer doesn't seem as desirable or command nearly the respect that it did just a decade ago.

Startups, Hacker News, Tech Industry, Tech Culture, Job Market

10 points by legitster 8 days ago | 10 comments

San Francisco tech giant Autodesk cuts 1,350 jobs as part of move toward AI (sfchronicle.com)
Autodesk announced Thursday that it will reduce its global workforce by 9%, affecting approximately 1,350 employees.

Tech Industry, Layoffs, Artificial Intelligence, Business

15 points by bookofjoe 9 days ago | 5 comments

Ask HN: Do US tech firms realize the backlash growing in Europe? (ycombinator.com)
I know people in the US are focused on DOGE, but over here in Europe, the impression is that the US completely destroyed its soft power this week.

Tech Industry, Politics, Europe, US, Public Perception

251 points by julianpye 14 days ago | 296 comments

25% of my team laid-off at Meta (teamblind.com)
I was an M1 at Meta and jumped ship last November to another company.

Meta, Layoffs, Tech Industry

5 points by doener 22 days ago | 0 comments

Laid-off Meta employees blast Zuckerberg: the 'cruelest tech company out there' (fortune.com)
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg issued layoffs in the name of low-performance that workers deemed callous.

Meta, Layoffs, Tech Industry, Business, Criticism

28 points by mgh2 23 days ago | 13 comments

Seeking God, or Peter Thiel, in Silicon Valley (nytimes.com)
When tech luminaries talk about their Christian faith, people listen.

Silicon Valley, Religion, Tech Industry, Christianity

6 points by archagon 24 days ago | 6 comments

Meta's job cuts surprised some employees who said they weren't low performers (businessinsider.com)
Several Meta employees who said they received positive performance ratings in their midyear reviews last year had their jobs cut Monday, and some expressed fears about their future employment prospects, given that the stated goal of the layoffs had been to eliminate underperformers.

Meta, Layoffs, Tech Industry, Employment, Performance Reviews

20 points by belter 25 days ago | 9 comments

Meta Layoff Starts (forbes.com)
Meta begins its latest round of workforce reductions today, initiating performance-based terminations across its global operations — a move that echoes similar strategic shifts at other tech giants like Microsoft, who recently announced its own targeted staff reductions last month.

Meta, Layoffs, Tech Industry, Business

10 points by qkhhly 26 days ago | 0 comments

The Crisis in Tech's Obsession with Junior Talent (medium.com)
I’ll never forget the meeting where “cost optimization” became corporate speak for “let’s fire our architects and hire more construction workers.” A brilliant engineer I’d worked with for years — the kind who could debug kernel panics in his sleep — was escorted out while his team inherited a fresh-faced junior who’d just learned React.

Tech Industry, Hiring Practices, Software Development

21 points by PretzelFisch 27 days ago | 18 comments

Google Pay Study Finds It Underpaid Men for Some Jobs (2019) (npr.org)
When Google conducted its annual pay equity analysis for 2018, the tech company found something nobody expected: It was underpaying men for doing similar work as women.

Google Pay, Tech Industry, Employment, Salary

78 points by wslh 27 days ago | 81 comments

Matt Mullenweg: I feel jdevalk stabbed me when I was down, betrayed confidence (twitter.com)

Social Media, Betrayal, Personal Disputes, Tech Industry

5 points by JamesAdir 29 days ago | 4 comments

Latest jobs data shows decline in tech jobs over the last year (twitter.com)

Tech Industry, Employment, Data Analysis

3 points by lalaland1125 29 days ago | 1 comments

Venture Capital Extremism (vcinfodocs.com)
Tech extremism emerges from the power grab of right-wing venture capitalists in the tech industry.

Venture Capital, Politics, Tech Industry

9 points by greenie_beans 29 days ago | 0 comments

Google tells employees why it's ending DEI hiring goals (theverge.com)
Google is joining Meta, Amazon, and other big tech companies in winding down its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.

Google, DEI, Tech Industry, Employment, Business

9 points by gpi 31 days ago | 1 comments

Workday cuts nearly 2k employees (techcrunch.com)
Enterprise HR platform Workday is the latest tech company to announce layoffs in recent weeks.

Layoffs, Tech Industry, Enterprise Software, HR

11 points by uladzislau 31 days ago | 0 comments

Google Offering Buyouts for Android and Pixel Employees (techcrunch.com)
Google SVP Rick Osterloh issued an internal memo to the Pixel/Android/Chrome team Thursday, announcing a “voluntary exit program.”

Google, Android, Pixel, Buyouts, Tech Industry

5 points by pixel16 32 days ago | 0 comments

Venture Capital Extremism (vcinfodocs.com)
Tech extremism emerges from the power grab of right-wing venture capitalists in the tech industry.

Venture Capital, Tech Industry, Politics

17 points by tomrod 32 days ago | 5 comments

Elon Musk is reportedly taking control of the inner workings of US govt agencies (techcrunch.com)
People working for, or with, Elon Musk are reportedly taking over the inner workings of multiple government agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management and the Treasury Department.

Elon Musk, Government, US Politics, Tech Industry

75 points by cdme 36 days ago | 41 comments

Dell is making everyone return to office, too (theverge.com)
Dell is the latest tech company to announce it’s ending its hybrid and remote work policy.

Work Culture, Tech Industry, Remote Work, Hybrid Work

11 points by stalfosknight 36 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: Are YC startups *actually* hiring? (ycombinator.com)
Having applied to 20-30 YC startups without any meaningful replies and I’m wondering, are YC startups actually hiring?

Hiring, Startups, Y Combinator, Tech Industry

108 points by logotype 39 days ago | 136 comments

Google employees petition for 'job security' ahead of expected cuts (cnbc.com)

Google, Job Security, Layoffs, Tech Industry

5 points by abduhl 39 days ago | 0 comments

It's not a crime if we do it with an app (pluralistic.net)
The core regulatory proposition of the tech industry is "it's not a crime if we do it with an app." It's not an unlicensed taxi if we do it with an app. It's not an illegal hotel room if we do it with an app. It's not an unregistered security if we do it with an app. It's not wage theft if we do it with an app.

Technology, Regulation, Legal Issues, Tech Industry

872 points by keepit 41 days ago | 609 comments

Google won't comply with EU fact-checking law (engadget.com)
Google has told the EU it will not comply with a forthcoming fact-checking law, according to a copy of a letter obtained by Axios.

Google, EU Law, Fact-Checking, Regulations, Tech Industry

13 points by gmays 44 days ago | 7 comments

Why is Big Tech hellbent on making AI opt-out? (theregister.com)
Opinion Copilot in Microsoft 365 and Apple Intelligence on iDevices are the latest examples of the tech industry's obsession with making services opt-out rather than opt-in.

Privacy, Artificial Intelligence, Tech Industry, Opinion

23 points by rntn 44 days ago | 19 comments

Neveragain.tech (neveragain.tech)
The tech industry's silence this time around is deafening.

Tech Industry, Social Commentary, Silence, Current Events

4 points by Kye 45 days ago | 0 comments

Stripe lays off 300 employees, mostly in product, engineering, and operations (msn.com)