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> Why is everyone into job boards in 2020/2021? Was there some event or article to push this as an untapped market?

There is/was a global pandemic making a lot of people unemployed.

If you're a coder and unemployed, what better way to get a job than make a job board? Potential employers will come to you and tell you about their jobs, and then you have a great leg up by saying, "I built the job board you posted to".

It's a great way to find a new job.

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> Potential employers will come to you and tell you about their jobs, and then you have a great leg up by saying, "I built the job board you posted to".

I recall Google rejecting Max Howell despite creating Homebrew for not having as solid of a comp-sci knowledge as they were looking for. Despite flaws of the product that he'd be the first to acknowledge, creating it should've been evidence that he has strong potential to grow into a person that could benefit the company.

And I guess I'm not surprised. Some of the interview questions I've seen people post online from their experiences with FAANG are so detached from the code programmers write on a day-to-day basis.

He's matured if he'd be the first to acknowledge flaws now.

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