Ask HN: Who wants to be fired? (May 2026) • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to be fired? (May 2026)

#21

Post by whobre » Sat, May 02, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC

saltyoldman wrote: post #2

Quiet quitting/firing/etc.. all died in 2024 dude.

Late 2022, but yes.

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to be fired? (May 2026)

#22

Post by omertt27 » Sat, May 02, 2026, 10:05 AM UTC

I dont have a intern , so technically i cannot be fired :(

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to be fired? (May 2026)

#23

Post by em-bee » Sat, May 02, 2026, 5:15 PM UTC

jakedata wrote: post #11

ray_v wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The trick is to be on one of the two extremes in terms of skill. Suck harder?

I'm clever but too industrious. Clever and lazy seems to pay better.

they are both paid the same. clever and lazy is just less work ;-)

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to be fired? (May 2026)

#24

Post by em-bee » Sat, May 02, 2026, 5:22 PM UTC

Ancalagon wrote: post #4

My rant for the day is having these non-deterministic agent flows that I have to evaluate with even more slop code is rapidly killing my passion for quality engineering.

and when you complain you have to argue with people who don't understand you. even here on hackernews. see my comment history of the past few days...

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to be fired? (May 2026)

#25

Post by em-bee » Sat, May 02, 2026, 5:25 PM UTC

HotGarbage wrote: post #3

Still eagerly waiting for AI to take my job.

it won't take you job. it will take your work, and then make you babysit it. see the sister comment about dealing with slop code.