Not the author, but quickly ran a script over "Who wants to be hired?" from Jan-2021 to March-2023 and here is the resulting plot of the top-level comments (where indent="0"): https://www.arminbuilds.com/2021_01-2023_03_hired.png
So I was perhaps the inventor of "who wants to be hired" (I had asked to be able to post that thread, and was told that I needed to wait two days... anyway someone ran with it, and I am happy that you have made this thread.