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xyst · 2025-05-02T12:24:34 1746188674

The "Windows Desktop App" position from DDG is quite infamous here.

I did my own DD and found it has appeared in Ask HN threads since at least May 2023.

Beginning to side with others stating this position was never meant to be filled but rather serve as some +ve market indicator about DDG

diego_moita · 2025-05-02T12:44:48 1746189888

Fake positions are the "kayfabe"[1] of HN's Who's Hiring.

They are a variation in the "Emperor's new clothes"[2]: everyone knows they're fake but no one should say it.

So, expect your comment to be removed. But thanks for doing it, anyway.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor's_New_Clothes

yegg · 2025-05-05T09:33:00 1746437580

We don’t have fake positions.

yegg · 2025-05-05T09:32:20 1746437540

We’ve been continuously hiring for this position as we’ve been building up our Windows browser team and have found the positions relatively difficult to fill.

Yoric · 2025-05-05T08:38:26 1746434306

I don't know. DDG tried to headhunt me from a previous position a while ago for this. Perhaps they're simply building a large-ish team?

yegg · 2025-05-05T09:31:18 1746437478

That’s correct.

MattPearce · 2025-05-02T06:37:43 1746167863

Hi Bill, I had a brief exchange with you about the Windows role a couple of months ago and you encouraged me to apply and mentioned you would flag it with the DRI - but I got a rejection. How long should we wait before reapplying and do you auto-reject if we have a recent rejection at the CV phase?