The slow death of the hyperlink (News)

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The comments on that HN thread mostly corroborate the rumor. One commenter says, VCs are absolutely using job listings as a health metric, and it is leading to companies listing a bunch of jobs. They aren't exactly fake jobs. They will hire someone if some unicorn walks in, but they are nice to have jobs, not necessary jobs. Be careful out there and give yourself a little bit of leeway.