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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. 51
    As the Pandemic Recedes, Millions of Workers Are Saying 'I Quit'
    npr.org20211 submissionHN thread
    355 pts
    321 cmts
  2. 52
    I Quit Hacker News
    mattmaroon.com2010–20142 submissionsHN thread
    353 pts
    338 cmts
  3. 53
    I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.
    theappifier.com20121 submissionHN thread
    342 pts
    191 cmts
  4. 54
    Three programmers got fired, including me, due to a single app crash
    betterprogramming.pub20211 submissionHN thread
    337 pts
    231 cmts
  5. 55
    I’m 14, and I quit social media after discovering what was posted about me
    fastcompany.com20191 submissionHN thread
    329 pts
    170 cmts
  6. 56
    Why I left Google (HN search results)
    hn.algolia.com20181 submissionHN thread
    324 pts
    191 cmts
  7. 57
    Why I left Google. What happened to my book. What I work on at Facebook.
    thinkoutsidein.com20111 submissionHN thread
    321 pts
    80 cmts
  8. 58
    I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine
    theintercept.com20181 submissionHN thread
    319 pts
    250 cmts
  9. 59
    I quit my job to make free web tools
    nslookup.io20221 submissionHN thread
    317 pts
    104 cmts
  10. 60
    Quitting my job has been the best thing I've done for my career
    joshuahu.io20181 submissionHN thread
    315 pts
    224 cmts
  11. 61
    Why I left Google to join Grab
    medium.com20181 submissionHN thread
    311 pts
    178 cmts
  12. 62
    John Dvorak: “Yesterday I was fired from PC Magazine”
    twitter.com20181 submissionHN thread
    308 pts
    183 cmts
  13. 63
    The AI reporter that took my old job just got fired
    wired.com20241 submissionHN thread
    307 pts
    384 cmts
  14. 64
    Working on complex systems: What I learned working at Google
    thecoder.cafe20251 submissionHN thread
    302 pts
    143 cmts
  15. 65
    LinkedIn launches Salary to chart what we earn
    techcrunch.com20161 submissionHN thread
    300 pts
    169 cmts
  16. 66
    Reflections on My Career at Microsoft
    medium.com20191 submissionHN thread
    300 pts
    159 cmts
  17. 67
    After working at Google, I’ll never let myself love a job again
    nytimes.com20211 submissionHN thread
    298 pts
    158 cmts
  18. 68
    I Quit Shopify After Five Months
    joshcsimmons.com20221 submissionHN thread
    297 pts
    325 cmts
  19. 69
    Why I quit medicine
    gautams.posterous.com20121 submissionHN thread
    296 pts
    108 cmts
  20. 70
    How I Got Fired from the Job I Invented
    aroundtheworldin80jobs.com20131 submissionHN thread
    296 pts
    72 cmts
  21. 71
    I quit my job today to make video games full time
    imgur.com20191 submissionHN thread
    295 pts
    73 cmts
  22. 72
    How I retired in 9 years on a corporate programmer salary
    mrmoneymustache.com20111 submissionHN thread
    294 pts
    156 cmts
  23. 73
    Why I Was Fired by Google
    wsj.com20171 submissionHN thread
    293 pts
    440 cmts
  24. 74
    macOS to FreeBSD migration a.k.a. why I left macOS
    antranigv.am20201 submissionHN thread
    292 pts
    348 cmts
  25. 75
    Laid off for the first time in my career, and twice in one year
    dillonshook.com20251 submissionHN thread
    292 pts
    318 cmts
  26. 76
    Why I left Google
    medium.com20131 submissionHN thread
    288 pts
    212 cmts
  27. 77
    I quit – Peak indifference, big tobacco
    doctorow.medium.com20211 submissionHN thread
    285 pts
    212 cmts
  28. 78
    “This week, I resigned from my position at Duke University”
    facebook.com20151 submissionHN thread
    279 pts
    133 cmts
  29. 79
    Why I quit this battle
    badmodems.com20221 submissionHN thread
    278 pts
    119 cmts
  30. 80
    What I Hate About Working At Facebook
    worldofsu.com20121 submissionHN thread
    273 pts
    183 cmts
  31. 81
    I Was Google’s Head of International Relations. Here’s Why I Left
    write.as20201 submissionHN thread
    272 pts
    181 cmts
  32. 82
    James Gosling: Why I Quit Oracle
    eweek.com20101 submissionHN thread
    262 pts
    112 cmts
  33. 83
    Why I Left Medium
    kennethreitz.org20131 submissionHN thread
    258 pts
    167 cmts
  34. 84
    Things I want to say to my boss
    ithoughtaboutthatalot.com20251 submissionHN thread
    247 pts
    224 cmts
  35. 85
    What I don’t like about working at a remote job
    priconceptions.com20221 submissionHN thread
    246 pts
    217 cmts
  36. 86
    What happened to my career after 2010? (2021)
    gist.github.com20221 submissionHN thread
    244 pts
    58 cmts
  37. 87
    Why I Quit Ordering from Uber-For-Food Startups
    theatlantic.com20151 submissionHN thread
    243 pts
    186 cmts
  38. 88
    Tesla laid off my disabled veteran husband then cancelled his sign on bonus
    twitter.com20191 submissionHN thread
    234 pts
    186 cmts
  39. 89
    My boss decided to add a “person to blame” field to every bug report
    programmers.stackexchange.com20121 submissionHN thread
    230 pts
    129 cmts
  40. 90
    Why I quit using SwiftUI
    chsxf.dev20221 submissionHN thread
    229 pts
    246 cmts
  41. 91
    All my career rejections
    web.eecs.utk.edu20211 submissionHN thread
    228 pts
    212 cmts
  42. 92
    I Joined Airbnb at 52, Here’s What I Learned About Age, Wisdom, and Tech Industry
    hbr.org20171 submissionHN thread
    228 pts
    89 cmts
  43. 93
    Why I got Fired from Facebook (a $100 Million dollar lesson)
    okdork.com2012–20162 submissionsHN thread
    227 pts
    155 cmts
  44. 94
    The Story of Why I Left Riot Games
    barryhawkins.com20181 submissionHN thread
    225 pts
    195 cmts
  45. 95
    Why I Left Google
    spencertipping.com20121 submissionHN thread
    224 pts
    212 cmts
  46. 96
    Why I Quit My Job to Travel the World
    newyorker.com20161 submissionHN thread
    223 pts
    199 cmts
  47. 97
    The NCAA Erased My Career
    theplayerstribune.com20211 submissionHN thread
    222 pts
    98 cmts
  48. 98
    Why I Quit My Job to Start a Tech Company
    viniciusvacanti.com20111 submissionHN thread
    222 pts
    75 cmts
  49. 99
    My career of treating patients has ended
    old.reddit.com20211 submissionHN thread
    221 pts
    246 cmts
  50. 100
    I quit caffeine
    keygen.sh20221 submissionHN thread
    219 pts
    291 cmts