January 2, 2026
CVs, coffee, and chaos
Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026)
Remote-only vibes, AI flexes, and stack wars light up the thread
TLDR: HN’s monthly “hire me” thread is packed with senior talent pushing remote-only and flexing AI, iOS, and web chops. The community debates AI-heavy résumés vs practical builders, and jokes about endless skill lists, revealing what developers want and how hiring feels at the start of 2026.
The monthly Hacker News "hire me" roll call is back, and it’s a full-on talent parade with a side of drama. In Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (Jan 2026), job seekers drop their location, remote status, skills, and receipts, while recruiters are told to keep out. The mood? Remote-only energy and "please don’t make me move" are the loudest chants, with veterans like stakent flexing "20+ years remote" and nunoarruda declaring remote-only like a line in the sand.
Then come the flexes. Paris-based AI architect andrewssobral rolls in with 20+ years and a PhD, while Vancouver’s Reith casually lists everything from network programming to deep learning. Romania’s givan drops a curveball: PHP is alive, thanks to his open-source CMS project. Menlo Park’s Stratoscope mixes game engines and kernel drivers like a tech smoothie. Montreal’s valzevul waves the iOS flag with machine vision and security certs. Shanghai/Singapore’s zhyd1997_ throws in every modern web tool you’ve heard of (and a few you haven’t).
Hot takes fly: Angular loyalists vs React crowd, AI résumés vs “ship real stuff,” and a timezone tug-of-war. Jokes abound about skills lists longer than a CVS receipt and this being "LinkedIn, but polite." Want the whole roster? Try wantstobehired.com.
Key Points
- •Hacker News posted the January 2026 “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired?” thread for individuals seeking work.
- •Submissions must follow a specified format: Location, Remote, Willing to relocate, Technologies, Résumé/CV, Email.
- •Only personal job-seeking posts are allowed; agencies, recruiters, and job boards are off-topic.
- •Readers are instructed to email listed addresses only to discuss work opportunities.
- •A dedicated search site, https://www.wantstobehired.com, is provided to find and browse posts.