WhyIsItAlwaysHN (u/WhyIsItAlwaysHN)

WhyIsItAlwaysHN commented on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026) · Posted by u/whoishiring

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark (UTC+1) Remote: Yes (Europe timezones) Willing to relocate: No Role: UX Researcher Experience: 3+ years Email: rvbceilx0@mozmail.com

I research how people actually use AI products — then make them better. Cognitive science background (MSc), 3+ years on B2B/SaaS at a major tech company. Led the discovery research that took an AI agent from "what if" to production. Ran seven evaluative studies for gen-AI features now serving 100K+ monthly users. Also did a stint as a business analyst in financial services and led an AI data annotation team at a health-tech startup.

Methods: interviews, usability/concept testing, surveys, JTBD, journey mapping, quant in R/Python. Thesis on cognitive biases in LLMs. Looking for a team that uses research to make decisions, not to validate them.

WhyIsItAlwaysHN commented on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026) · Posted by u/whoishiring

WhyIsItAlwaysHN · a month ago

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark (UTC+1) Remote: Yes (Europe timezones) Willing to relocate: No

Role: UX Researcher (mixed-methods / product discovery)

Experience: 3+ years

Email: rvbceilx0@mozmail.com

UX researcher with a background in cognition and communication, 3+ years on data- and AI-driven B2B/ERP products. I run mixed-methods studies (interviews, usability tests, concept tests, surveys, diary studies, JTBD, journey mapping, basic telemetry) and turn messy workflows and stakeholder questions into clear, actionable recommendations for product, design, and engineering. I’m mainly looking for interesting, challenging work with teams that are willing to listen to research; I’m flexible on domain and stage.

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WhyIsItAlwaysHN · a month ago

The OP just writes well. Also an llm is unlikely to write "thru"

WhyIsItAlwaysHN commented on Junior Developers in the Age of AI thoughtfuleng.substack.co... · Posted by u/zdw

blumenkraft · 2 months ago

I'm happy to hire juniors but they must still have relevant skills. One question I ask is "how does one build a coding agent" - if a junior is unable to outline the ideas around building and expanding coding agents, it indicates they are not aware of what industry they work in.

WhyIsItAlwaysHN · 2 months ago

I hope you're hiring for an agent developer position, otherwise it's not going to be a very effective signal

WhyIsItAlwaysHN commented on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026) · Posted by u/whoishiring

WhyIsItAlwaysHN · 2 months ago

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark (UTC+1) Remote: Yes (Europe timezones)

Willing to relocate: No

Role: UX Researcher (mixed-methods / product discovery)

Experience: 3+ years

Email: rvbceilx0@mozmail.com

UX researcher with a background in cognition and communication, 3+ years on data- and AI-driven B2B/ERP products. I run mixed-methods studies (interviews, usability tests, concept tests, surveys, diary studies, JTBD, journey mapping, basic telemetry) and turn messy workflows and stakeholder questions into clear, actionable recommendations for product, design, and engineering. I’m mainly looking for interesting, challenging work with teams that are willing to listen to research; I’m flexible on domain and stage.

WhyIsItAlwaysHN commented on Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL github.com/antonmedv/text... · Posted by u/medv

WhyIsItAlwaysHN · 3 months ago

My own plug, translate between SQL dialects, state stored in URL so you can share it:

https://sqlscope.netlify.app/

WhyIsItAlwaysHN commented on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025) · Posted by u/whoishiring

WhyIsItAlwaysHN · 3 months ago

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark (UTC+1)

Remote: Yes (Europe timezones)

Willing to relocate: No

Role: UX Researcher (mixed-methods / product discovery)

Experience: 3+ years

Email: rvbceilx0@mozmail.com

UX researcher with a background in cognition and communication, 3+ years on data- and AI-driven B2B/ERP products. I run mixed-methods studies (interviews, usability tests, concept tests, surveys, diary studies, JTBD, journey mapping, basic telemetry) and turn messy workflows and stakeholder questions into clear, actionable recommendations for product, design, and engineering. I’m mainly looking for interesting, challenging work with teams that are willing to listen to research; I’m flexible on domain and stage.

WhyIsItAlwaysHN commented on I tried to replace myself with ChatGPT in my English class lithub.com/what-happened-... · Posted by u/lapcat

musicale · 7 months ago

The idea of "weeding out" students implies that many students are "weeds" who need to be uprooted and thrown away rather than grown.

A teacher who thinks this way is probably in the wrong profession. A university that operates this way is failing to educate the students it admitted.

WhyIsItAlwaysHN · 7 months ago

Ideally it's not weeding out but distributing into education paths which fit every student.

From my experience studying electrical and computer engineering, I definitely prefer that they chose to put hard electrical engineering courses in the first semesters because I knew immediately not to focus on them because I didn't like them.

WhyIsItAlwaysHN commented on I tried to replace myself with ChatGPT in my English class lithub.com/what-happened-... · Posted by u/lapcat

raincole · 7 months ago

> I don't understand the logic behind the idea that if you tell all the kids currently using ChatGPT to write their essays, "Hey, you don't actually have to write that essay at all" that you think they will somehow choose to write it anyway.

I unironically believe if you tell all the kids they don't have to write the essay at all, much more will choose to write it.

Kids cheat not just because they're lazy. Cheating makes people feel smart. The fact you can get credits by doing very little while others work their asses off is rewarding and self-validating.

The big issue of exam-only approach is that a one-hour exam is not enough to evaluate a student's performance, unless your educational goal is just to make students memorize stuff by rote. I'd consider a 3-hour open-book exam bare minimal. But if every class does that it'll be too exhausting.

WhyIsItAlwaysHN · 7 months ago

They will not choose to write it. Would you work on something consistently if nobody cared about it?

There needs to be a reward for doing essays. That reward can be emotional eg. "the teacher I respect liked my essay" or "my essay was read in class" or "the teacher gives feedback that makes me feel a sense of growth". In that case, maybe kids will do it.

However, I think it's hard for a teacher to inspire respect to a classroom and the difficulty scales with the number of people in the class, so grades are used as a hack.

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ponector · 8 months ago

I'd argue nothing happens if everyone go on strike. It's not an assembly line. No release? Great. Noone to attend meetings? Not a big deal! Cannot get a real person for support? Same as without strike!

WhyIsItAlwaysHN · 8 months ago

Outages would not be picked up