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Karl Yang
Personal blog · chiefofstuff.substack.comcareerbusinesswriting
Karl Yang writes chiefofstuff, a personal blog at chiefofstuff.substack.com about career, business and writing. Since 2020, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “The Job Status Cycle”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as related reading on the job status cycle, the idea that a new job title gains status, then loses it as more people adopt it. Commenters cite it on remote-work and DevOps job titles.
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.
Wandering the idea maze. I write about building software and businesses, psychology, cross-functional job roles, and how those all intersect.
Most-linked posts?
- The Job Status Cycle4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2020-12-27
- How to Kill a Project2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-05-21
What Hacker News says?
Sounds like bullshit akin to "Chief of Staff" but hey, if companies are going to spend time focusing on how to make their employees' remote lives better, more power to them. Related reading: The Job Status Cycle https://chiefofstuff.substack.com/p/the-job-status-cycle > Phase 3: Harvest > Competition intensifies as New Title attracts more and more interest. Momentum from the high status of the earlier phases begins…
Comment linking /p/the-job-status-cycle
on “Head of Remote Work”Submitted Career advice for people with bad luck as a story · 981 points
HN discussion“Having done this job once upon a time, I think the downtrend in title is inevitable” I absolutely agree with this. It seems like a it inevitable for anything that a business needs to do but doesn’t really want to do. Another place where you see it is with project management, where there have been many different titles for the same role.[0] https://chiefofstuff.substack.com/p/the-job-status-cycle
Comment linking /p/the-job-status-cycle
on “DevOps Is Bullshit (2022)”Submitted Commenting vs. Making as a story · 306 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Kill a Project as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Job Status Cycle as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Agency as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Job Status Cycle as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Kill a Project as a story · 1 points
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