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Ask HN: What are opportunities you got because of Hacker News

by Heidaradar on 5/1/24, 9:52 PM with 5 comments

• by rhmw2b on 5/2/24, 1:36 AM

  The only thing I’ve gotten from hacker news is anxiety about not having started my own company and not being a tech genius.

• by jjice on 5/2/24, 1:21 PM

  Both of my two post college jobs. A co-worker at an internship in college showed me HN and then I used workatastartup.com (The YCombinator job search site) to find both of my jobs.

  I've also just been exposed to so many new ideas that have made me a much better developer. The only thing I would change is finding HN sooner. It's weird to think that this platform has taught me so much.

• by goles on 5/2/24, 1:49 AM

  If anyone's looking for any additional reading here's a great thread on this previously:

  Ask HN: What has HN given you? (1095 points, 2018, 587 comments)

  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16409768

• by kingkongjaffa on 5/2/24, 8:27 AM

  I got my current job from “who’s hiring” and it changed my life.

  Finding a company that was high value per employee (so could afford good salaries) and fully remote (which was ideal during the pandemic) was a huge blessing.

• by purple-leafy on 5/2/24, 8:42 AM

  A software I created made it to the front of hacker news