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the 2nd option yes, I've been navigating the solution space for this complex problem since '22. just went full-time on it since Jan this year and I came up wit

by xucian 2y ago

the 2nd option yes, I've been navigating the solution space for this complex problem since '22. just went full-time on it since Jan this year and I came up with what I think is a decent first iteration the idea is basically teach for free and find a way to crowdfund the course (students might sometimes help with that, which won't make the course absolutely free, but quite close to free), and in case of local or exclusively online courses, expenses are much lower, thus less of a headache all this will theoretically pay off, it's a long-game. 1:1 private sessions, connections, consultancy opportunities, book sales it's definitely not for everyone, it's quite a niche thing (which I really like because it won't compete with any other platform in particular). I think it's a real gem, but I firs have to find a way to get at least 100 responses on my survey oh, so people are put off by the sign in? I actually only added it to prevent abuse, I'm not requiring email collection. thanks for letting me know, I just disabled it

gus_massa 2y ago
Why are you planing to do this internationaly? Can't it be done locally? What is the target? Kids in school? Young students starting the university? Young proffesionals? How are you going to select the teachers? Some people have a lot of knowdledge, but are bad teachers.
- xucian 2y ago
  why internationally: of course starting locally is easier, will first do it in my city, gather feedback and iterate courses: no, this is post k12 and similar. it's highly targeted on a specific skill. for example, game dev with Unity (the course that I'll teach locally, as the first tutor user of my own platform), after which you should be able to create your own projects, grow a portfolio and with some luck (sometimes with tutor's help) get an internship somewhere basically, zeroing in on immediately-applicable skills in life. you can also have a 1-week course on changing your car's oil and other car stuff -- it should be immediately obvious how you'll use those skills, not just theory teachers: I'll manually reach out currently, but once the platform grows they'll start as 'unverified' with some limited options, and there'll be a rigorous selection process to get verified. regardless of this, each course and each subsequent edit will be checked by us (will delegate some of the checks to gpt). this reminds me of YouTube's early days where most of the work was removing porn, but they've made it. vetting the first 100 tutors is doable. after that, we're already very close to PMF if not past it

by xucian 2y ago

gus_massa 2y ago

Why are you planing to do this internationaly? Can't it be done locally? What is the target? Kids in school? Young students starting the university? Young proffesionals? How are you going to select the teachers? Some people have a lot of knowdledge, but are bad teachers.

xucian 2y ago
why internationally: of course starting locally is easier, will first do it in my city, gather feedback and iterate courses: no, this is post k12 and similar. it's highly targeted on a specific skill. for example, game dev with Unity (the course that I'll teach locally, as the first tutor user of my own platform), after which you should be able to create your own projects, grow a portfolio and with some luck (sometimes with tutor's help) get an internship somewhere basically, zeroing in on immediately-applicable skills in life. you can also have a 1-week course on changing your car's oil and other car stuff -- it should be immediately obvious how you'll use those skills, not just theory teachers: I'll manually reach out currently, but once the platform grows they'll start as 'unverified' with some limited options, and there'll be a rigorous selection process to get verified. regardless of this, each course and each subsequent edit will be checked by us (will delegate some of the checks to gpt). this reminds me of YouTube's early days where most of the work was removing porn, but they've made it. vetting the first 100 tutors is doable. after that, we're already very close to PMF if not past it