I started The Pragmatic Engineer Job Board in October 2021. 2.5 years later, I am shutting it down permanently, despite a reasonable success in traction. The shutdown was triggered by my vendor – Pallet – discontinuing their job board and talent collective approach. However, I might have eventually come to the same decision myself, even without Pallet making this call. In this post, I outline what led here; the results of the job board (and talent collective), and what I learned about the tech