[dang]

I assume you're talking about the front-page job ads described in https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html and https://news.ycombinator.com/jobguide.html?

I've been meaning to look at the data to see what needs to be tightened or cleaned up there. Currently the rule is that active YC companies can have an ad at most once per two weeks (as you saw), with the caveat that priority is always given to the company that has waited the longest since their last ad or have never posted one before.

We don't monitor the accuracy of the ad content nor how the companies respond to applicants—not that those things aren't important, but we don't have the resources to check them.

[bombcar]

I just hope someday they find that engineer! They've been looking for him for years.

Maybe they should be required to re-word it once a month or once every 6 months. After awhile I start to be put off by the company's name just because of the perpetual noticing.

[bb88]

There's a management strategy to always interview even if they don't actually need anyone.

The idea is that if someone spectacular comes on the market they can either replace an existing dev, or create a new role for that person.

[pcthrowaway]

> The idea is that if someone spectacular comes on the market they can either replace an existing dev

If I learned this happened after getting hired, I'd also be sure to always be interviewing for new positions

[Tommah]

HN should allow comments on job posts. Even if you don't want those comments to be publicly visible, they should go in the database somewhere so that admins can see them. You will see people's many complaints if you look at the monthly "Who is hiring?" threads. One company in particular has been drawing scads of complaints the past few months.

[throwaway097992]

As someone who is heavily unemployed, I am willing to help without any compensation.