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Careers

311 objects in the archive · 306 ranked picks

Quitting, getting fired, managing, hiring — first-person career notes

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  1. 101
    Remote Jobs (our answer to "Who Is Hiring Remote Workers?")
    remote-jobs.com20111 submissionHN thread
    217 pts
    83 cmts
  2. 102
    Why Working at Google Is Not My Dream Job Anymore
    42gems.com20141 submissionHN thread
    216 pts
    184 cmts
  3. 103
    Donating my time to grow a VC-funded company: why I quit mentoring at Plato
    blog.pragmaticengineer.com20211 submissionHN thread
    215 pts
    53 cmts
  4. 104
    I did the scariest thing I can imagine: I resigned
    wasigh.com20121 submissionHN thread
    213 pts
    133 cmts
  5. 105
    Life in the Boy's Dorm: My Career at Sun Microsystems
    consultingadultblog.blogspot.co.uk20131 submissionHN thread
    211 pts
    61 cmts
  6. 106
    I quit my job, and am building Tindie fulltime
    tindie.com20121 submissionHN thread
    208 pts
    87 cmts
  7. 107
    I Quit My Day Job. Thanks.
    discuss.joelonsoftware.com20101 submissionHN thread
    203 pts
    52 cmts
  8. 108
    “I've been working at Mozilla for many years, from peak to decline”
    news.slashdot.org20161 submissionHN thread
    197 pts
    223 cmts
  9. 109
    My Experience as a Remote Worker
    joshwcomeau.com20191 submissionHN thread
    192 pts
    140 cmts
  10. 110
    My Ideas, My Boss’s Property
    mobile.nytimes.com20141 submissionHN thread
    191 pts
    176 cmts
  11. 111
    I Quit The iPhone
    techcrunch.com20091 submissionHN thread
    191 pts
    99 cmts
  12. 112
    I have quit my job
    bitspook.in20221 submissionHN thread
    188 pts
    162 cmts
  13. 113
    Steve Pavlina: 30 days since I quit Facebook
    stevepavlina.com20111 submissionHN thread
    187 pts
    106 cmts
  14. 114
    I built a website for sharing salary info
    fellowage.io20191 submissionHN thread
    186 pts
    167 cmts
  15. 115
    Don Rosa: Why I Quit
    career-end.donrosa.de20131 submissionHN thread
    183 pts
    48 cmts
  16. 116
    Get a better job offer, anonymously - my weekend hack
    jobpoacher.com20121 submissionHN thread
    182 pts
    84 cmts
  17. 117
    Why I left news
    allysonbird.com20131 submissionHN thread
    182 pts
    40 cmts
  18. 118
    Why I Quit Being a Therapist
    youtube.com2018–20192 submissionsHN thread
    181 pts
    114 cmts
  19. 119
    I quit Twitter for a month and it changed my thinking about mostly everything.
    adambrault.com20121 submissionHN thread
    176 pts
    100 cmts
  20. 120
    F*** You, I Quit – Hiring Is Broken
    medium.com20161 submissionHN thread
    175 pts
    22 cmts
  21. 121
    Why I Left the .NET Framework
    blog.jonathanoliver.com2014–20152 submissionsHN thread
    172 pts
    214 cmts
  22. 122
    How I Quit My Job and Built My First App
    medium.com20151 submissionHN thread
    172 pts
    79 cmts
  23. 123
    I joined landlord groups to persuade them to be better people to their tenants
    thisisalot.com20241 submissionHN thread
    170 pts
    294 cmts
  24. 124
    I quit my job, and I'm excited about a more independent life
    danielhough.co.uk20131 submissionHN thread
    170 pts
    113 cmts
  25. 125
    Why I left Academia: Part I
    allisonharbin.com20171 submissionHN thread
    170 pts
    80 cmts
  26. 126
    Why I quit a $500K job at Amazon to work for myself
    danielvassallo.com20191 submissionHN thread
    167 pts
    221 cmts
  27. 127
    Why I left Japan after 10 years
    blog.uchujin.co.uk20171 submissionHN thread
    164 pts
    271 cmts
  28. 128
    Elon Musk’s Ultimatum to Tesla: Fight the S.E.C., or I Quit
    nytimes.com20181 submissionHN thread
    161 pts
    150 cmts
  29. 129
    Lars Rasmussen: Why I quit Google to join Facebook
    smh.com.au20101 submissionHN thread
    161 pts
    118 cmts
  30. 130
    JavaScript Things I Wish I Knew Much Earlier In My Career
    smashingmagazine.com20101 submissionHN thread
    161 pts
    68 cmts
  31. 131
    Quit My Job For Consulting: Two Months Later
    stevekle.in20121 submissionHN thread
    157 pts
    137 cmts
  32. 132
    The IE CSS Bug Which Cost Me A Month’s Salary
    kalzumeus.com20091 submissionHN thread
    152 pts
    85 cmts
  33. 133
    My favorite things about working at companies with a culture of writing
    founder-fodder.ghost.io20221 submissionHN thread
    150 pts
    81 cmts
  34. 134
    Google Has a Secret Interview Process and It Landed Me a Job
    thehustle.co20151 submissionHN thread
    148 pts
    106 cmts
  35. 135
    I quit: Miseries of an Uber driver
    salon.com20141 submissionHN thread
    146 pts
    89 cmts
  36. 136
    I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike
    nytimes.com20191 submissionHN thread
    146 pts
    87 cmts
  37. 137
    How We Designed Our Interview Process
    blog.readme.io20161 submissionHN thread
    144 pts
    79 cmts
  38. 138
    Why I Left Google
    jeanhsu.com20111 submissionHN thread
    143 pts
    115 cmts
  39. 139
    Why I Left IBM to Work on CockroachDB
    cockroachlabs.com20201 submissionHN thread
    141 pts
    90 cmts
  40. 140
    Restarting my career after motherhood
    medium.com20221 submissionHN thread
    140 pts
    256 cmts
  41. 141
    Why I Left Oracle – A Confession
    blog.rahmannet.net20161 submissionHN thread
    140 pts
    152 cmts
  42. 142
    How I negotiated a software-engineering job offer in Silicon Valley
    blog.usejournal.com20191 submissionHN thread
    140 pts
    127 cmts
  43. 143
    I quit my job to do a startup.
    blog.eval.me20111 submissionHN thread
    140 pts
    104 cmts
  44. 144
    No one working at Newsweek can tell me why it still exists
    cjr.org20191 submissionHN thread
    140 pts
    94 cmts
  45. 145
    I Got Fired Last Week. That’s a Good Thing. Here’s Why
    alexgivesup.com20141 submissionHN thread
    140 pts
    82 cmts
  46. 146
    Why I have resigned from the Royal Society
    deevybee.blogspot.com20241 submissionHN thread
    138 pts
    111 cmts
  47. 147
    I quit my job and made an automatic time tracker
    taimapp.io20241 submissionHN thread
    136 pts
    91 cmts
  48. 148
    My Career Advice: Make Yourself Redundant
    ousbey.com20111 submissionHN thread
    136 pts
    29 cmts
  49. 149
    Why I Quit A Six Figure Job
    two-shay.com20101 submissionHN thread
    132 pts
    101 cmts
  50. 150
    This was the first step in the interview process at Canonical – I withdrew
    old.reddit.com20221 submissionHN thread
    129 pts
    163 cmts