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  1. Ask HN: Do you bother with take-homes?

    I broke my rule not to bother with a take home and I regret it. Spent about 6 hours on it and the company decided to give me no feedback but a standard rejection email. As usual, the companies who expect it have no real…

    2 points 3
  2. Ask HN: Realistic prospects of getting back to management later

    I currently manage a ML team in a startup. Been doing it for about 2 years now. Due to a number of changes including required relocation, I can't and won't stay. Let's say I get an offer as a Principal MLE at a much…

    4 points 1
  3. Ask HN: At what point do you give up on tech career?

    Is it inability to get interviews? Inability to pass them? Is it after a certain time? If it's happened to you already what was the threshold?

    9 points 7
  4. Ask HN: Why are job descriptions and resumes so bad?

    I don't get it. Why can't we move past this world - where Job Descriptions aren't REALLY what the hiring manager wants - where Resumes don't REALLY represent your skills - where we can't seem to give candidates feedback…

    5 points 3
  5. Ask HN: What are some unexplored or poorly explored applications of Comp Vision?

    I'm asking this from two angles: - What areas are current models and current approaches not sufficient? - Is there any chance that the job market for these areas will exist if one chooses to specialize in Comp. Vision?

    1 points 0
  6. Ask HN: What would you do next?

    Do you see a point in sticking it out in the tech industry? If so, what is your role/career trajectory?

    4 points 4
  7. Ask HN: How do I break into ML for Search or Recommendations Systems?

    I'm a ML Engineer and currently a ML Manager at a startup, but don't really get the opportunity to do a lot of work on a high-scale recommender system or search system. I want to really flex that muscle and build a…

    1 points 0
  8. Ask HN: What industries need software and automation and are untapped?

    Question as title. We are in 2025. Has every software opportunity for a business been addressed? Basically, which industries that would benefit from software and automation, are yet to be realized? If so, why is this…

    2 points 2
  9. Ask HN: I've lost interest in software, what next?

    My profile. Mid-30s, manager of ML team at a Saas startup. Academic background: ee degree + msc in data science Professional background: over a decade in financial space and tech doing software and ML I just have lost…

    12 points 7
  10. Ask HN: Career impact on working for PE owned SaaS

    Is there a negative impact to a career if you join a PE owned b2b Saas? I've heard recruiters don't bother with you as you'll be seen as a low skilled

    1 points 2
  11. Ask HN: In 2024, is SWE a sustainable career?

    LLMs and Agents are not automating SWE, but they are changing it. Interviews have become nightmares, even at 'non-tech' companies, making switching very time consuming and difficult. A lot of SWE work is objectively…

    42 points 62
  12. Ask HN: How do I get into game dev?

    How does one go from a career spent in financial software, data science, ML and web dev towards game dev or some other industry that might benefit from software skills?

    1 points 3
  13. Ask HN: What to do about startup job

    Currently working with a scale up with a very rocky future. Joined about 3 years back, always felt weird about this place. Multiple leaders have left, and to be honest I don't really see the value my team brings to the…

    2 points 8
  14. Ask HN: Stay at a company just for the green card?

    I currently work at a late stage company in a very unexciting industry doing ML. Since GPT4 it's mostly just been do the stupid LLM idea of the day, instead of real valuable work. Frankly, it's a relatively small…

    3 points 3