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Here are some of the best links I read in the last week:
#FAVORITES
Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2025)
Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2025)
Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech (techcrunch.com) -- comments
Current state of IT hiring and salaries in Europe: 18,000 Jobs, 68,000 Surveys -- /r/programming/
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tells employees to 'buckle up' for an 'intense year' in a leaked all-hands recording -- /r/Futurology
Antiqua et Nova: Note on the relationship between AI and human intelligence (vatican.va) -- comments
List of 200 UK companies that moved to 4-day working week (future4days.com) -- comments
Ask HN: Promoted, but Career Path Derailed
The job hunt is as bad as it seems—a quarter of candidates have been looking for a year -- /r/RemoteJobs/
An HR Goodbye [N/A] -- /r/humanresources/
When HR checks on HR: How are you, really? [N/A] -- /r/humanresources/
#HACKERNEWS
Google offering 'voluntary exit' for employees working on Pixel, Android (9to5google.com) -- comments
Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2025)
Ask HN: How to passively prepare for a job interview?
The Severance writer and cast on corporate cults, sci-fi, and more (arstechnica.com) -- comments
Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using AI?
Why Is This CEO Bragging About Replacing Humans with A.I.? (nytimes.com) -- comments
Anthropic: "Applicants should not use AI assistants" (simonwillison.net) -- comments
The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE (wired.com) -- comments
Chris Anderson Is Giving Ted Away to Whoever Has the Best Idea for Its Future (wired.com) -- comments
Return-to-office policies are leading to increased brain drain in the U.S. (venturebeat.com) -- comments
Ask HN: What do you expect will be the real impact of AI on society in 10 years
Arsenal FC AI Research Engineer job posting (arsenal.com) -- comments
A 20-year-old small company (hacklook.com) -- comments
The future of humanity is in management -- /r/rootsofprogress/
The baby gap: why governments can’t pay their way to higher birth rates. Governments offer a catalogue of creative incentives for childbearing — yet fertility rates just keep dropping -- /r/Futurology
We need to stop psychoanalyzing candidates [N/A] -- /r/humanresources/
HR Conferences [United States] -- /r/humanresources/
Feeling discouraged / burnt out. For those who started out in HR and transitioned elsewhere, what was your journey like? [N/A] -- /r/humanresources/
What to do if you work in HR, but are having issues with your HR leadership? [United States] -- /r/humanresources/
C-suite terminations: share your story [USA] -- /r/humanresources/
Get out asap or give it time? [N/A] -- /r/humanresources/
A candidate who was rejected came to the office. -- /r/recruiting/
Why does recruiting bring out the anger in people? -- /r/recruiting/
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