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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. 1
    Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself
    mtlynch.io2018–20243 submissionsHN thread
    2,348 pts
    1,150 cmts
  2. 2
    I resigned from Twitter
    twitter.com20212 submissionsHN thread
    1,822 pts
    1,086 cmts
  3. 3
    I quit my job to focus on SerenityOS full time
    awesomekling.github.io20211 submissionHN thread
    1,644 pts
    249 cmts
  4. 4
    Why I Quit Being So Accommodating (1922)
    mikecanex.wordpress.com2012–20213 submissionsHN thread
    1,568 pts
    496 cmts
  5. 5
    Why I Left Google
    blogs.msdn.com2012–20132 submissionsHN thread
    1,339 pts
    418 cmts
  6. 6
    Thanks for the Bonus, I Quit
    madned.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    1,245 pts
    656 cmts
  7. 7
    I Quit: What really goes on at Apple
    roadlesstravelled.me20151 submissionHN thread
    1,215 pts
    544 cmts
  8. 8
    I quit the tech industry
    eev.ee2015–20222 submissionsHN thread
    1,182 pts
    804 cmts
  9. 9
    Data structures and algorithms I actually used while working at tech companies
    blog.pragmaticengineer.com20201 submissionHN thread
    1,025 pts
    524 cmts
  10. 10
    The most unethical thing I was asked to build while working at Twitter in 2015
    twitter.com20221 submissionHN thread
    921 pts
    408 cmts
  11. 11
    14 years ago: the day Teller gave me the secret to my career in magic.
    shwood.squarespace.com2012–20222 submissionsHN thread
    873 pts
    77 cmts
  12. 12
    6 months ago I quit my job to pursue indie dev. Here is our first game
    playadrift.com20131 submissionHN thread
    858 pts
    329 cmts
  13. 13
    I Have Resigned from the Google AMP Advisory Committee
    shkspr.mobi20201 submissionHN thread
    745 pts
    314 cmts
  14. 14
    My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer
    humanwhocodes.com20181 submissionHN thread
    726 pts
    650 cmts
  15. 15
    Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up
    char.gd20171 submissionHN thread
    695 pts
    759 cmts
  16. 16
    Why I Turned Down an AWS Job Offer
    lastweekinaws.com20191 submissionHN thread
    651 pts
    349 cmts
  17. 17
    I quit my job to work full time on my open source project
    ellie.wtf20241 submissionHN thread
    637 pts
    176 cmts
  18. 18
    Books that changed my career as a software engineer
    julianogtz.github.io20211 submissionHN thread
    626 pts
    279 cmts
  19. 19
    Why I quit my dream job at Ubisoft
    gingearstudio.com20161 submissionHN thread
    598 pts
    192 cmts
  20. 20
    I quit Instagram and Facebook and it made me happier
    cnbc.com20181 submissionHN thread
    574 pts
    312 cmts
  21. 21
    My Wife Was Dying of Brain Cancer. My Boss at Amazon Told Me to Perform or Quit
    motherjones.com20211 submissionHN thread
    537 pts
    322 cmts
  22. 22
    My Salary Progression in Tech
    georgestocker.com20191 submissionHN thread
    521 pts
    599 cmts
  23. 23
    I Quit Social Media for a Year
    joshcsimmons.com20191 submissionHN thread
    509 pts
    360 cmts
  24. 24
    I quit my programmer job to become a chicken
    sebastiancarlos.medium.com20221 submissionHN thread
    508 pts
    118 cmts
  25. 25
    Why I left Pine64
    blog.brixit.nl20221 submissionHN thread
    504 pts
    222 cmts
  26. 26
    How a simple comment on Hacker News made me quit my job and launch a startup
    blog.freshdesk.com20111 submissionHN thread
    504 pts
    92 cmts
  27. 27
    Why I Quit Google’s WebAssembly Team, and How It Made Me Sick
    medium.com20221 submissionHN thread
    488 pts
    350 cmts
  28. 28
    Lessons I learned working at an art gallery
    henrikkarlsson.xyz20241 submissionHN thread
    488 pts
    189 cmts
  29. 29
    I quit my job, bought an army truck, and spent 19 months circumnavigating Africa
    imgur.com20161 submissionHN thread
    485 pts
    248 cmts
  30. 30
    Why I left Medium and moved back to my own domain
    arslan.io20171 submissionHN thread
    482 pts
    247 cmts
  31. 31
    Ex-Google recruiter: I was fired because I resisted “illegal” diversity efforts
    arstechnica.com20181 submissionHN thread
    481 pts
    414 cmts
  32. 32
    I stood up to my boss, then he got promoted
    idiallo.com20191 submissionHN thread
    464 pts
    217 cmts
  33. 33
    I only care about the helpful notifications, not the promotional ones
    alexanderell.is20221 submissionHN thread
    462 pts
    355 cmts
  34. 34
    Why I Quit OS X – Geoff Wozniak
    wozniak.ca20151 submissionHN thread
    454 pts
    495 cmts
  35. 35
    Why I left Google: work-life balance
    scottkennedy.us20221 submissionHN thread
    453 pts
    239 cmts
  36. 36
    That time I told my wife I wanted to quit my job
    keygen.sh20211 submissionHN thread
    427 pts
    248 cmts
  37. 37
    Why I Quit Tech and Became a Therapist
    glench.com20191 submissionHN thread
    422 pts
    314 cmts
  38. 38
    Life lessons from the first half-century of my career
    cacm.acm.org20251 submissionHN thread
    419 pts
    160 cmts
  39. 39
    I spent my career in tech, but wasn’t prepared for its effect on my kids
    washingtonpost.com20171 submissionHN thread
    406 pts
    372 cmts
  40. 40
    Why Cruise Ships are My Favorite Remote Work Location
    tynan.com2013–20162 submissionsHN thread
    405 pts
    342 cmts
  41. 41
    Why I left Heroku, and notes on my new AWS setup
    holovaty.com20131 submissionHN thread
    404 pts
    217 cmts
  42. 42
    My university sacrificed ideas for ideology, so today I quit
    bariweiss.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    402 pts
    205 cmts
  43. 43
    I Quit My Job to Live on Donations to Zig
    andrewkelley.me20181 submissionHN thread
    399 pts
    236 cmts
  44. 44
    My Time Working at Stripe
    jondlm.github.io20241 submissionHN thread
    398 pts
    382 cmts
  45. 45
    Our list of free software for remote work
    puri.sm20201 submissionHN thread
    394 pts
    81 cmts
  46. 46
    Why I left my tenured academic job
    reyammer.io20201 submissionHN thread
    385 pts
    229 cmts
  47. 47
    Why I Quit Using Google
    kylepiira.com20201 submissionHN thread
    378 pts
    170 cmts
  48. 48
    Speaking Freely: Why I resigned from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
    tarahenley.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    376 pts
    401 cmts
  49. 49
    Why I left my tech job to work on chronic pain
    sailhealth.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    373 pts
    230 cmts
  50. 50
    I found a security issue on a competitor, got fired and served a summons
    accidhacker.wordpress.com20221 submissionHN thread
    359 pts
    366 cmts