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Jobs, hiring & freelancing

Requests and launches are roughly in proportion.

Requests
6
Show HN launches
743
Distinct people
650
Last 90d vs prior
161 / 160
Demand ÷ supply share
0.82×
Requests per month
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Monthrequests
Nov 20250
Dec 20250
Jan 20262
Feb 20261
Mar 20260
Apr 20260
May 20260
Jun 20261
Jul 20261
Aug 20260
Sep 20260
Oct 20261
Nov 20260
Show HN launches per month
0100200Nov ’25DecJan ’26110FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov
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Monthlaunches
Nov 202537
Dec 202564
Jan 202658
Feb 2026110
Mar 202691
Apr 202655
May 202645
Jun 202651
Jul 202663
Aug 202666
Sep 202639
Oct 202660
Nov 20264

What people are asking for

Concrete requests in this area, newest first.

6 requests, newest first

  • Wish it existed

    "Reasons I didn't become a manager, ranked" to help my career decisions

    Full quote
    I wish there was a "Reasons I didn't become a manager, ranked" to help my career decisions.

    deweywsu · Oct 4, 2026in “Reasons I didn't become an EMT, ranked”

  • Wish it existed

    hiring site (cough Linkedin cough) that limited the number of jobs someone could apply to

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    I wish there was a hiring site (cough Linkedin cough) that limited the number of jobs someone could apply to; or otherwise allowed hiring managers to say something like "I'm only interested in candidates who've applied to no more than 10 jobs in the past 30 days".

    gwbas1c · Jul 28, 2026in “I'm sorry I didn't respond to your job application”

  • Wish it existed

    middle layer that preserves enough state to resume and debug while aggressively quarantining obvious secret classes and high-risk blobs

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    I'd love a middle layer that preserves enough state to resume and debug while aggressively quarantining obvious secret classes and high-risk blobs.

    jazzen · Jun 6, 2026in “Show HN: Ccgs – Collaborative Claude Code sessions, stored in Git branches”

  • Looking for

    give you a job, it's not the right tool for you

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    i think ai is supposed to empower you to achieve more, maybe if you are looking for a tool to give you a job, it's not the right tool for you?

    lerp-io · Feb 28, 2026in “We Will Not Be Divided”

  • Would pay for

    ironclad guarantee that the human hiring manager for the role would open and read my resume

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    If I were a job applicant, I don't know how much I'd pay for an ironclad guarantee that the human hiring manager for the role would open and read my resume. $100?

    ryandrake · Jan 30, 2026in “Employers, please use postmarked letters for job applications (2025)”

  • Why is there no

    job search website that forces you to adopt this targeted bet strategy

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    Why isn't there a job search website that forces you to adopt this targeted bet strategy?

    biophysboy · Jan 19, 2026in “Targeted Bets: An alternative approach to the job hunt”