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Ben Lang
Personal blog · nextplayso.substack.comcareer
Ben Lang writes next play, a personal blog at nextplayso.substack.com about career. Since 2024, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked newsletter curates under-the-radar startup opportunities, such as early teams hiring and co-founders seeking partners. The comments are a job ad and an author's own intro, and none judge the writing.
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.
We help people find their next play by sending opportunities, hosting gatherings, and curating content.
What Hacker News says?
Ashby | YC 19 | REMOTE | Hiring Senior/Staff Product Engineers (Americas) | $178k–$299k Ashby is the all-in-one recruiting platform powering hiring at the world's most innovative companies. If you cmd+f "Ashby" you'll see that we're powering many of the job postings in this thread! As we scale our platform, we are also looking to scale our Product Engineering team. Why Join? High Seniority & Density: 80%+ of our eng…
Comment linking /p/should-you-join-ashby
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2026)”Submitted To make faster decisions, reduce drag as a story · 1 points
HN discussionHey folks! I started next play a year ago as I was exploring what I wanted to do next. I wanted to create a space for people who might not normally be open about what they're looking for next, to explore and see cool opportunities out there in the startup world. I've been collecting and curating under the radar opportunities (early teams hiring, co-founders looking for partners, breakout startups hiring) and sharing…
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on “Show HN: Under-the-Radar Startup Opportunities”