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diego_moita 38 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2025)

Fake positions are the "kayfabe"[1] of HN's Who's Hiring.

They are a variation in the "Emperor's new clothes"[2]: everyone knows they're fake but no one should say it.

So, expect your comment to be removed. But thanks for doing it, anyway.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor's_New_Clothes

yegg 36 days ago [–]

We don’t have fake positions.

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