r/careeradvice rules, stats, and what to post

This is a community called r/careeradvice and the description is simply Career Advice. People come here to ask questions about their working lives, like how to handle a job situation, what direction to take, or how to deal with people at work. The rules tell you a lot about the room. Posts must stay out of politics, everyone must be treated with respect, nobody can be harassed or targeted, products cannot be sold without talking to the mods first, and spam is not allowed. So this is a help first community where people expect honest, human answers about careers.

The rule that decides everything for a marketer is “Do not sell a product”, which says advertising is not allowed without speaking to the mods first, so promotion here is possible but only with permission. “No spam” backs that up and covers repeated or low effort self serving posts. “Do not get political” matters because career topics can drift into politics fast, and political posts get removed. “Don't be mean” and “Do not harass anyone” set the tone, so any post that targets or disrespects someone is gone. The rules say nothing about links or AI content, so treat those as unknown and keep your post clean.

Post like a helpful human, not a marketer. Share a real lesson from your own career, answer questions people ask about interviews, resumes, or workplace situations, and give specific advice that helps the person asking. If you want to mention your product or service at some point, message the moderators first and get their okay, because that is the only path the rules allow. Keep every post free of politics and free of anything that could read as an attack on a person or company. A good test is whether your post would still be worth reading if you removed every trace of your business from it.

The fastest way to get removed is selling or advertising without speaking to the mods first, because “Do not sell a product” is explicit about that. Spam gets removed under “No spam”, and that includes posting the same promotional thing over and over. Keep politics out entirely, since “Do not get political” means political content does not belong here. Never be mean or target anyone, because “Don't be mean” and “Do not harass anyone” both protect members from that. A post that reads like an ad, stirs up politics, or punches down at someone will not survive here.

What stands out to me here is that promotion is not banned outright, it is gated behind a conversation with the mods. That is actually a fair deal, and it tells me the community is protective of people asking for help, not hostile to founders. I also like that the rules are short and plain, because it means there is no excuse for tripping them.