The speaker discusses their journey of starting a job board focused on tech jobs in Japan. They talk about the challenges of finding suitable job opportunities and their motivation behind creating a platform that provides information on companies sponsoring visas and having an international environment. The chapter also touches on the challenges of transitioning from a job to becoming an indie hacker and the speaker's journey of building side projects before focusing on this particular idea.
Eric Turner (@_etdev) talks living in Japan as a foreigner and visiting Japan as a tourist, finding inspiration to start as an indie hacker, picking a lucrative market, and shares some tips growing a job board with Courtland (@csallen) and Channing (@ChanningAllen).