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Jon Paul Uritis
Personal blog · jonpauluritis.com/articles · on HN as jppopecareerbusiness
Jon Paul Uritis writes JonPaulUritis.com, a personal blog at jonpauluritis.com about career and business. Since 2020, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 58 times, most often “4000 Years”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-05, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked from the thread 'Why Don't Tech Companies Pay Their Engineers to Stay?' by bare URL only. The post appears to ask why developers are not paid to stay with their employers.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
If God Is Watching, The Least We Can Do Is Be Entertaining
Most-linked posts?
- 4000 Years2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2022-01-12
- Old Books, Strategy, and Tactics2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-08-20
- Say something that will surprise people and be useful2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-03-24
- Silly Dog Tricks, Billionaires, and Making Friends2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-11-03
What Hacker News says?
I've oddly had some pieces I've written (without any expectation on my part) get read by a lot of people. Even shockingly had people reach out to me over it and say that its impacted them. So I'm not sure if I agree with this article 100% though I do think its a wonderful read. My take on the matter is here: https://jonpauluritis.com/articles/say-something-that-will-s... If you're going to write - surprise people an…
Comment linking /articles/say-something-that-will-surprise-people-and-be-useful/
on “Why blog if nobody reads it?”Submitted All companies are fucked up as a story · 385 points
HN discussionhttps://jonpauluritis.com Articles touching on a wide range of topics such as technology, business, design, programming, etc.
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on “Ask HN: Share your personal site”Submitted Why are there still 7 continents? as a story · 33 points
HN discussionI wrote about a better way to hire people: https://jonpauluritis.com/a-better-way-to-hire-people It works remarkably well if you're flexible enough to follow it.
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on “The software industry's greatest sin: hiring”Submitted Thunderstorms and Margaritas as a story · 22 points
HN discussionI have no clue if its "worth it". I've been writing forever and can't stop writing ( https://jonpauluritis.com ). Similarly, I've been reading forever and can't stop... this year I resolved to try and read less, and I think I've already read ~10 books. To answer your other questions: *Did it help to get noticed/ find jobs or other opportunities?* YES. This however is not linear. No one has ever been like, "would you…
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on “Ask HN: Is having a personal blog/brand worth it for you?”Submitted Does Your Office Have a Library? as a story · 10 points
HN discussionAs software developers/ engineers we love talking about this issue... but realistically it's just a symptom of the growth in our industry. Anyone who pretends you can accurately assess a candidate in 3 hours worth of interviews is lying to themselves. The only real way to know if someone is good is to work with them and get to know them over a long period of time. I wrote a little bit about this here: https://jonpau…
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on “If software engineering is in demand, why is it so hard to get a job?”Submitted Technologies You Need to Be Aware of (2020) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionIn a sense, I wrote an article about this exact thing: https://jonpauluritis.com/articles/4000years/ While fun to talk about, there really isn't a danger
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on “Is software abstraction killing civilization? (2021)”Submitted Marbles as a story · 3 points
HN discussionHere are some of my thoughts on strategy vs tactics: https://jonpauluritis.com/articles/books-strategy-tactics/
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on “Getting More Strategic”Submitted Everyone Has a Boss as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttps://jonpauluritis.com/articles/why-arent-developers-paid...
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on “Why Don't Tech Companies Pay Their Engineers to Stay?”Submitted Some Thoughts on "Tech Debt" as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI wrote a related Article "why aren't software developers paid more" ( https://jonpauluritis.com/articles/why-arent-developers-paid... ) the reality is that we get comp way wrong... and its related to hiring, and its related to Venture Capital and related to a million other things
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on “Why Don't Tech Companies Pay Their Engineers to Stay?”Submitted Say something that will surprise people and be useful as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI've been thinking about this for a while... and I am really starting to believe that management is the subsection of the workforce being most overpaid these days. Also, I wrote an article on developer pay that might be relevant to this discussion: (Why Aren't Developers Paid More?) https://jonpauluritis.com/articles/why-aren-t-developers-pai...
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on “Tech CEO Says Workers Get Too Much Pay and Benefits”Submitted Say something that will surprise people and be useful as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI wrote an article about this in 2022 titled "This is not Normal": https://jonpauluritis.com/articles/recentfinancialhistory/ feels pretty relevant again...
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on “Silver trades to $50 an ounce”Submitted Old Books, Strategy, and Tactics as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI wrote an article about this exact topic: https://jonpauluritis.com/articles/10-technologies-you-need-...
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on “Ask HN: Which technologies will become important in the next 5 years?”Submitted Better Resumes: Results and Context as a story · 2 points
HN discussionRelated: https://jonpauluritis.com/articles/funny-interviews/
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on “The developer job market is insane”Submitted 4000 Years as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttps://jonpauluritis.com , https://hillelwayne.com , https://meowni.ca/ , https://www.gwern.net/ , https://patrickcollison.com/ , https://danluu.com/ , https://drewdevault.com/ , https://sivers.org/blog
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on “Ask HN: Examples of simple sites (text only or limited images)?”Submitted Some Funny Interviews I Have Done as a story · 2 points
HN discussionMy top 10 money rules https://jonpauluritis.com/articles/My%20Top%2010%20Money%20R... (and I just realized that my url generation is encoding spaces instead of replacing them with dashes! It should be jonpauluritis.com/articles/My-Top-10-Money-Rules/)
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on “Ask HN: If you have a personal blog, what's the most popular post there?”Submitted 4000 Years as a story · 2 points
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