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On the phenomenon of bullshit jobs
- CarolineW 10y agoThe sheer volume of previous submissions of this item tells us that it has value - it wouldn't be submitted so often if it wasn't of interest. You might be interested in previous discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8561080 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8561080 (381 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6236478 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6236478 (349 comments) There is a comment or two scattered among some of the other submissions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11560420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11560420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11016695 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11016695 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9999935 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9999935 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9723368 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9723368 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9602893 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9602893 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9250058 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9250058 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9117291 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9117291 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8944612 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8944612 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8205697 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8205697 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6766926 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6766926