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Yes, many programmers do live-coding sessions, but how many are making money doing it (and enough to live from that)?

• Swizec 7y ago
  I do livecoding a lot. It’s a great way to build and audience, do branding, etc. You absolutely need to then do something to monetize said audience. Selling a course is the common model. But that’s selling access to information which is what we’re trying to argue against here. I have also been pleasantly surprised that you can sell access to a livecoding series. That’s sort of like tickets to a live show. Workshops are another form of a live programming show that people will pay money for. Have also done those and it’s a lot of fun. Most paid forms of these are in exchange for teaching. Access to intellectual property in your brain.
  • ghaff 7y ago
    >Workshops are another form of a live programming show that people will pay money for. I know there are training companies that charge. You also have workshops as part of paid conferences but I assume the vast bulk of those workshops are done for free by people being paid by their employer. And Meetups are usually free with the same people from companies along with those showing off or promoting some side project. I agree with your general point around teaching/training. It's just that you're competing with a lot of free content, often subsidized by some company's product sales.