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Sarah Cooper
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Sarah Cooper writes sarahcpr, a personal blog at thecooperreview.com about culture and career. Since 2015, 23 different Hacker News readers have linked it 25 times, most often “Honest Diversity in Tech Report”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (7) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Sarah Cooper's satirical posts on workplace and tech culture, such as '10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings' and a parody of a Business Insider day-in-the-life piece.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 7 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Stories and other chicken scratch from Sarah Cooper.
Most-linked posts?
- Honest Diversity in Tech Report6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2016-11-02
- Here are Google, Amazon and Facebook’s Secrets to Hiring the Best People3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-08-28
- Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-04-26
What Hacker News says?
Seems like this is a common experience: https://thecooperreview.com/google-amazon-facebook-secrets-h...
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on “My Amazon Interview Horror Story”Submitted Here Are Google, Amazon and Facebook’s Secrets to Hiring the Best People as a story · 200 points
HN discussion“Will this scale?” https://thecooperreview.com/10-tricks-appear-smart-meetings/
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on “Bullshitters: Who Are They and What Do We Know about Their Lives? [pdf]”Submitted Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings as a story · 20 points
HN discussionIf you do zone out and some one calls on you, you could use one of these tricks to appear smart in the meeting.. http://thecooperreview.com/10-tricks-appear-smart-meetings/
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on “Say_what: Using speech-to-text to fully check out during conference calls”Submitted From Blog Post to Book Deal in 12 Months as a story · 7 points
HN discussionThe "10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings" is a 10/10, or 100% brilliant. http://thecooperreview.com/10-tricks-appear-smart-meetings/
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on “Here Are Google, Amazon and Facebook’s Secrets to Hiring the Best People”Submitted Honest Diversity in Tech Report as a story · 3 points
HN discussionAny basis to this? Every single article on the site has titles that would give Buzzfeed run for its money. http://thecooperreview.com/
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on “Here Are Google, Amazon and Facebook’s Secrets to Hiring the Best People”Submitted Software Engineer Cheat Sheet as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThis is very on spot: http://thecooperreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/NYCSFc... (from http://thecooperreview.com/difference-between-living-in-new-... )
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on “Tinder and the Dawn of the “Dating Apocalypse””Submitted Here are Google, Amazon and Facebook’s Secrets to Hiring the Best People as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttps://thecooperreview.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-junior-go... Which was a parody of: https://www.businessinsider.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-hsbc-ex...
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on “Elizabeth Holmes' Daily Schedule”Submitted How to use finance words to sound smart as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Signs Someone in the Office Is Out to Get You as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Honest Diversity in Tech Report as a story · 2 points
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Submitted Honest Diversity in Tech Report as a story · 2 points
HN discussion Submitted The Cooper Review: Diversity in Tech Report as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Don’t Know How to Draw (And You Can, Too) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Look Like a Badass at Your Next Tech Conference as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Here Are Google, Amazon and Facebook’s Secrets to Hiring the Best People as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Honest Diversity in Tech Report as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Honest Diversity in Tech Report (Social Commentary) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Be Big Time Silicon Valley Tech Guy as a story · 1 points
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