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Re:Uncommentable HN post “Flexport is hiring smart people..”... by bstpierre on Saturday September 03, 2022 @07:07AM (#32700663)
From the faq:

Can I post a job ad?

Please don't post job ads as submissions to HN.

A regular "Who Is Hiring?" thread appears on the first weekday of each month (or Jan 2). Most job ads are welcome there. Only an account called whoishiring is allowed to submit the thread itself. This prevents a race to post it first.

Another kind of job ad is reserved for YC-funded startups. These appear on the front page, but are not stories: they have no vote arrows, points, or comments. They begin part-way down and fall steadily. Only one is on the front page at a time. The rest are listed at jobs.

Re:Uncommentable HN post “Flexport is hiring smart people..”... by jimminy on Saturday September 03, 2022 @07:08AM (#32700668)
It's just a "jobs" advertisement for a YC company, which has been a perk of YC for 15-ish years.

All such YC company job advertisement posts also show up if you click the jobs section at the top of the site.

Re:Uncommentable HN post “Flexport is hiring smart people..”... by staindk on Saturday September 03, 2022 @07:25AM (#32700775)
Off-topic but the wording in that ad struck me as odd.

May as well go with something more direct like "Flexport is hiring big-ego no-lifers".

Re:Uncommentable HN post “Flexport is hiring smart people..”... by mkl on Saturday September 03, 2022 @07:24AM (#32700771)
Job ads for YC companies are common on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html#jobads

There was a big thread on the lack of comments a few days ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32585801) and several more over the years, see e.g. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

Re:Uncommentable HN post “Flexport is hiring smart people..”... by nemetroid on Saturday September 03, 2022 @07:18AM (#32700731)
These have been a thing for as long as I can remember.
Re:Uncommentable HN post “Flexport is hiring smart people..”... by zevv on Saturday September 03, 2022 @09:22AM (#32701661)
Funny I never noticed, thanks for clearing that up.