# What Color Is Your Parachute? by Richard Bolles

4 Hacker News commenters recommended What Color Is Your Parachute? by Richard Bolles and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for choosing a career or next career step, with a targeted approach to job hunting and practical exercises. No critical quotes were found.

## Why people recommend it

- Useful for choosing a career (1 comments): "valuable book on choosing a career or next career step" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48083425))
- Teaches a targeted job-hunt approach (1 comments): "That whole book is basically how to target like this." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46690568))
- Practical, useful exercises (1 comments): "the exercises in that book really are great stuff" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49344977))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie](https://hackerapproved.com/p/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people.md): 67 recommend
- [Atomic Habits by James Clear](https://hackerapproved.com/p/atomic-habits.md): 20 recommend
- [The Easy Way to Stop Smoking by Allen Carr](https://hackerapproved.com/p/easy-way-to-stop-smoking.md): 9 recommend
- [Feeling Good by David Burns](https://hackerapproved.com/p/feeling-good.md): 8 recommend
- [The Art of Money Getting by P.T. Barnum](https://hackerapproved.com/p/art-of-money-getting.md): 8 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0898157005?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780898157000) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "What Color Is Your Parachute? by Richard Bolles", https://hackerapproved.com/p/what-color-is-your-parachute/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).