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r/cscareerquestions
Can you promote here?
Promotion is allowed only with moderator permission (or inside designated threads). A short, honest modmail before posting costs two minutes and functions as a safe-conduct pass; skipping it is the most common avoidable removal.
From the rules · Daily-rotation threads and salary-sharing posts are mod-only—ask mods before posting about those topics.
Links
The rules clearly allow links. A plain-text mention still often outperforms a URL from a young account.
What this community rewards
Dominant post formats: discussion, news, question
Headline: short, topical, often starting with a personal hook or company name (e.g., “Laid off at X — what now?”). Write in first person for stories/questions; third person OK for news summaries. Typical length: concise to medium (200–800 words). Tone: earnest, pragmatic, occasionally frustrated. Upvotes reward timely news, genuine anecdotes, and actionable advice; low-effort, irrelevant, or clearly promotional posts are buried or removed.
Arriving in the local format matters: cross-posting the same text everywhere reads as tourist instantly. The wider method is in the Reddit playbook.
Classified mechanically from the community's published rules and recent top posts, last checked July 2026. Rules change and moderators have the final say: verify at r/cscareerquestions's rules page before posting anything that matters.
Thread Otter checks this before every send
These profiles power the product: promo-banned communities never receive a promotional draft, drafts arrive in the local format, and a fact-check gate plus human pacing protect the account doing the talking.