Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderI used to think corporations strive to reduce costs and therefore keep their workforce to the minimum necessary. Now my theory is that managers in a company try to maximize their influence and standing and this is mostly done by making sure they have as many people below them as possible. Therefore they hire consitantly for their teams and create new sub-hierarchies below them. If this is the case, the obvious side effect is the emergence of bullshit jobs as…
I would disagree with at least the first three as being bullshit. 1. If your receptionist or assistant is only making you feel important, you are wasting their salary. One example: In my job we have to maintain professional licenses in many different states. Assistants help with this paperwork, which is different for every state and requires hours of reading and making phone calls to decipher. Yes, the engineer who bills their time at $150/hr could be doing this, but…
And a quote by Buckminster Fuller https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/133403-we-should-do-away-wi...
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 165
- Total comments
- 124
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-02-06 | Bullshit JobsFirst breakout | phantom_oracle | 58 | 53 |
| 2020-10-04 | Bullshit Jobs | tosh | 14 | 11 |
| 2021-02-04 | Bullshit Jobs | 2112 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-06-18 | Bullshit JobsBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | ppjim | 86 | 60 |
| 2025-05-22 | Bullshit Jobs | a_void_sky | 5 | 0 |