Ask HN: Is Hacker News a good place to find a job in tech?

"Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36160198 is two years old. Maybe it changed indeed.

It might add context it seems you run a directory website for job boards and in the past promoted various job boards on HN.

I've been hired 3 times after replying to "who is hiring" posts in the past which resulted in 8 years of employment total. Recently, I've been contacted by a couple of interesting startups after posting to "who wants to be hired" threads. I'd say it's still pretty good and definitely way better than other public channels.

There is no good place to find a job in tech in 2025. But HN "Who wants to be hired" is probably the best. You'll at least get some serious interviews (maybe, potentially, hypothetically), compared to none at all on LinkedIn or Indeed.

At least in Western Europe, that is.

Who is hiring for a remote data engineer roles.

I didn't get anything apart from a bunch of spam emails. I stopped putting my email address in the post, now I don't get any emails.

Could also mean that I don't have the right skills though.

HN can still work, but it’s niche. Most opportunities are for senior engineers, founders, or highly technical roles, not general job listings. The signal-to-noise ratio is high - you won’t see volume like LinkedIn, but the connections and leads you get here tend to be higher quality.