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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. 151
    Escaping surprise bills and over-engineered messes: Why I left AWS
    travisbumgarner.dev20251 submissionHN thread
    129 pts
    155 cmts
  2. 152
    Why I Was Fired From a Tech Startup and What My Boss Had to Say About It
    fdpod.com20131 submissionHN thread
    129 pts
    146 cmts
  3. 153
    Show me the salary!
    blog.jobbox.io20151 submissionHN thread
    128 pts
    187 cmts
  4. 154
    I quit working full-time years ago–here’s why I recommend it highly
    qz.com20151 submissionHN thread
    128 pts
    184 cmts
  5. 155
    Lessons learned since posting my salary history publicly
    jvt.me20221 submissionHN thread
    128 pts
    162 cmts
  6. 156
    Things I wish someone told me about getting a promotion
    radhika.dev20211 submissionHN thread
    128 pts
    139 cmts
  7. 157
    Our company’s remote work system failed
    medium.com20171 submissionHN thread
    128 pts
    98 cmts
  8. 158
    “I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft” (2004)
    twitter.com20211 submissionHN thread
    127 pts
    219 cmts
  9. 159
    Why I left Substack and the Email Renaissance
    kevin-indig.com20201 submissionHN thread
    125 pts
    82 cmts
  10. 160
    What Working at Facebook Has Taught Me About Design Critique
    medium.com20161 submissionHN thread
    125 pts
    65 cmts
  11. 161
    “I Quit Academia,” an Important, Growing Subgenre of American Essays
    slate.com20131 submissionHN thread
    124 pts
    117 cmts
  12. 162
    I Quit My Passion And Took A Boring Job
    getrichslowly.org20121 submissionHN thread
    124 pts
    50 cmts
  13. 163
    I made a chat roulette for remote workers
    remoteroulette.com20201 submissionHN thread
    123 pts
    61 cmts
  14. 164
    I Quit My Job To Teach People About Hardware
    chrisgammell.com20141 submissionHN thread
    123 pts
    16 cmts
  15. 165
    Why I Quit Oracle (2010)
    eweek.com20171 submissionHN thread
    122 pts
    62 cmts
  16. 166
    Why I quit my job
    kainagata.com20111 submissionHN thread
    117 pts
    7 cmts
  17. 167
    Pine64’s response to “Why I left Pine64”
    pine64.org20221 submissionHN thread
    116 pts
    104 cmts
  18. 168
    “farewell outline. we have all been laid off.”
    twitter.com20201 submissionHN thread
    115 pts
    53 cmts
  19. 169
    A silly science prize changed my career
    nature.com20241 submissionHN thread
    110 pts
    15 cmts
  20. 170
    I tried Joel's salary scale method, and the results were... mixed.
    alumnit.ca20091 submissionHN thread
    107 pts
    20 cmts
  21. 171
    “I just woke up one morning and it struck me that I was a murderer. so I quit.”
    twitter.com20201 submissionHN thread
    105 pts
    131 cmts
  22. 172
    Why I left Microsoft
    scottberkun.com20101 submissionHN thread
    105 pts
    51 cmts
  23. 173
    Building a world-class team: six mistakes I made early in my career
    rethinkdb.com20101 submissionHN thread
    104 pts
    64 cmts
  24. 174
    Vaccines and our return to office plans
    blog.google20211 submissionHN thread
    103 pts
    284 cmts
  25. 175
    Why I left Google
    fogknife.com20241 submissionHN thread
    103 pts
    81 cmts
  26. 176
    "My boss says we don't need any engineering managers"
    charity.wtf20241 submissionHN thread
    102 pts
    95 cmts
  27. 177
    I quit contracting 6 months ago
    coda.io20201 submissionHN thread
    102 pts
    43 cmts
  28. 178
    I quit social media and now I want a cigarette
    hadalin.me20191 submissionHN thread
    101 pts
    179 cmts
  29. 179
    Why I Quit Algorithmic Trading to Do Web Startups
    codusoperandi.com20111 submissionHN thread
    101 pts
    7 cmts
  30. 180
    My Wife Was Dying of Brain Cancer. My Boss at Amazon Told Me to Perform or Quit
    motherjones.com20221 submissionHN thread
    100 pts
    51 cmts
  31. 181
    What I Miss About Working at Stripe
    every.to20221 submissionHN thread
    99 pts
    131 cmts
  32. 182
    My career as an international blood smuggler
    theguardian.com20181 submissionHN thread
    98 pts
    25 cmts
  33. 183
    Why I joined Heptio
    dave.cheney.net20171 submissionHN thread
    97 pts
    29 cmts
  34. 184
    Why I Quit My Job, Killed a Company in Six Weeks, And Still Feel Great
    drtomallen.com20121 submissionHN thread
    95 pts
    49 cmts
  35. 185
    One of the biggest mistakes I’ve made in my career
    medium.com20151 submissionHN thread
    95 pts
    19 cmts
  36. 186
    "I Quit" 1 Year anniversary
    emadibrahim.com20091 submissionHN thread
    94 pts
    43 cmts
  37. 187
    Why I'm Glad I Got Fired
    blogs.hbr.org20111 submissionHN thread
    94 pts
    31 cmts
  38. 188
    Why I Left the Law (1997)
    spectacle.org20141 submissionHN thread
    93 pts
    22 cmts
  39. 189
    The Most Dangerous Email (to my career) I've Sent
    notyourlanguage.com20241 submissionHN thread
    91 pts
    79 cmts
  40. 190
    Yesterday I Was Levi’s Brand President. I Quit So I Could Be Free
    bariweiss.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    90 pts
    71 cmts
  41. 191
    Why I Left White Nationalism
    mobile.nytimes.com20161 submissionHN thread
    89 pts
    116 cmts
  42. 192
    I was skeptical of unions. Then I joined one
    vox.com20191 submissionHN thread
    89 pts
    101 cmts
  43. 193
    Why I left my PM role at Microsoft
    medium.com20141 submissionHN thread
    88 pts
    45 cmts
  44. 194
    I quit my job. Today is Day 16
    nevertryneverfail.com20141 submissionHN thread
    88 pts
    35 cmts
  45. 195
    I quit my job. Shipped 2 products. Launched a Services business. Now what?
    tawheedkader.com20111 submissionHN thread
    88 pts
    11 cmts
  46. 196
    How Dumping TV Allowed Me to Quit My Job
    savingadvice.com20091 submissionHN thread
    87 pts
    60 cmts
  47. 197
    Why I Left Academia
    quillette.com20221 submissionHN thread
    87 pts
    41 cmts
  48. 198
    After working at a startup, I'll never work at a big company again
    kencochrane.net20111 submissionHN thread
    87 pts
    35 cmts
  49. 199
    What do I do when my boss is sabotaging interviews?
    workplace.stackexchange.com20221 submissionHN thread
    84 pts
    114 cmts
  50. 200
    Why I joined Microsoft
    hackernoon.com20171 submissionHN thread
    84 pts
    45 cmts