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Re:How and why I built Japan Dev by Varqu on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @06:50AM (#32481250)
Yes, it's probably because this is a proven business model and if you niche-down enough, you will be able to serve the audience better than the bigger competitors.

The biggest problem though is still bootstrapping the demand side (job seekers) of the platform (supply side is fairly easy, as you can even handpick the initial jobs).

We (https://swissdevjobs.ch & https://devitjobs.uk) started with articles how to migrate from other countries to find a job in Switzerland / UK and at some point the organic traffic picked up (but it also took years, as in the case of japan-dev).

Re:How and why I built Japan Dev by vsareto on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @09:39AM (#32482559)
I guess an aggregator of these sites would be pretty handy. Especially if it had a narrative feature to ask what the user wanted to do, then pointed you to the niche job site.
Re:How and why I built Japan Dev by solarmist on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @07:05PM (#32490179)
Probably not. I can't imagine how it would be better than just a list of sites like that.