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Aced (formerly Exponent)
Company blog · tryexponent.com/blogcareerprogramming
Aced (formerly Exponent) is the company blog at tryexponent.com, writing about career and programming. Since 2020, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for a 'Panic at the Job Market' discussion and a hiring post for Exponent, an education platform for tech interview practice. Comments do not judge the writing; one recounts 2000s referral bonuses.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Aced (formerly Exponent) helps you land your dream tech career with interview courses, thousands of real questions, AI-powered practice, and expert coaching.
What Hacker News says?
Back in the '00s, referrals were a bonus if they were able to hire the person away from their current employer. I was a referral from a person who I regularly met at the Irish pub in Mountain View (the SGI / Netapp thirsty Thursday - one was on the decline while the other was on the way up). When the $1000 went through, a round of drinks was bought for the group. Now it seems that referrals are a "You want a referra…
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on “Panic at the Job Market”Submitted Reversing a Downlevel Offer as a story · 18 points
HN discussionExponent ( https://www.tryexponent.com/ ) | Full-stack Software Engineer | Full-Time | Remote Exponent is a fast-growing education platform and expert coaching marketplace. We're helping 500K+ people practice for tech interviews and advance their careers through courses, mentorship, and networking. We're looking for a talented software engineer to join our remote-first team and help us scale Exponent to the next lev…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2022)”Submitted Guide to Getting a Referral for a Tech Job as a story · 1 points
HN discussionExponent | Remote-first | Product Designer, Software Engineer | https://tryexponent.com We're a community and education platform used by hundreds of thousands of people in tech to practice for interviews and connect with experts in their field. Together, we're transforming the interview process from being confusing and difficult into a supportive, educational journey. We’re looking for talented engineers and designe…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2022)”Submitted Top AI/ML Companies Hiring Now (September 2024) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionExponent | Full-Stack Software Engineering | REMOTE or SF | https://tryexponent.com Help aspiring tech candidates land their dream job while learning in a fast-growing startup. Exponent is an education platform and community used by thousands of people to practice for interviews and connect with experts in their field. Together, we're transforming the interview process from being confusing and difficult into a suppo…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2020)”Submitted Product Sense Interviews as a story · 1 points
HN discussionHey I just want to add, in addition to your advice here, there are other important aspects to interviewing beyond performance on Leetcode questions. In other words, it's sometimes necessary, but not sufficient. Most senior jobs require system design interviews, conversations about leadership, and more. I think "grinding" on Leetcode also entails learning and practicing a lot of irrelevant topics for many jobs, but t…
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on “Show HN: I made a spaced repetition tool to master coding problems”In addition to the great resources already mentioned here, we’ve been making hands-on videos and lessons at Exponent that show you system design in practice, with interview prep as the main focus but advice and discussions with people across the industry. Check out some of the free videos on our site[0] and YouTube channel.[1] [0] https://tryexponent.com/courses/system-design-interview [1] https://youtube.com/c/expo…
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on “How to become good at system design?”