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A comment on Ask HN: Why so many job boards get created?.
Building your own job board covers lots of different bases (possibly):
1) It's a good technical exercise and is a legitimate project you can point to during a job interview process and say "I built that".
2) It will give you first-hand exposure to available jobs on the market and / or what skills are in demand.
3) If it works out it could turn into an income producing project.
Basic function stacking - one project that potentially serves multiple purposes.
There's certainly a chance it won't work out. But for some I'm sure it does and has.
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Building your own job board covers lots of different bases (possibly):
1) It's a good technical exercise and is a legitimate project you can point to during a job interview process and say "I built that".
2) It will give you first-hand exposure to available jobs on the market and / or what skills are in demand.
3) If it works out it could turn into an income producing project.
Basic function stacking - one project that potentially serves multiple purposes.
There's certainly a chance it won't work out. But for some I'm sure it does and has.