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		mg on April 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 10 Years of Hacker News "Ask HN: Who Is Hiring" Tr... Some while ago, someone posted a tool to analyze the frequency of any term on HN over time: https://hn.curiosity.ai/#/trends It seems to still work. And the numbers seem to be roughly in line with this article.

mattjaynes on April 1, 2024 [–]

Thanks - I was curious to check "ninja" and "rockstar". They seem to have peaked 8-10 years ago (from a quick glance). Was surprised they are still used at all after taking that pounding from job ads for so many years.

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