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Re:Show HN: Skill Silo – Live Language Tutoring via Skype by sportanova on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @06:22AM (#11674022)
Cool to see more things like this. I'm a big user of Verbling - looks like this is supposed to be more structured? It's also more expensive
Re:Show HN: Skill Silo – Live Language Tutoring via Skype by joshaharonoff on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @10:10AM (#11675396)
Verbling is awesome! Ours is a little different in that we recruit our professors, design the curriculum, and charge the same rate for each professor. Thanks for checking us out :)
Re:Show HN: Skill Silo – Live Language Tutoring via Skype by elbigbad on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @08:59AM (#11674837)
Cool! Looking at the English instructors, it appears that the two you have are from the UK and South Africa. Although English was their first language according to their respective bios, my understanding is that people wanting to learn English place a premium on learning "American" English.

Perhaps consider bringing someone on board from the United States who has a non-regional dialect?

Re:Show HN: Skill Silo – Live Language Tutoring via Skype by joshaharonoff on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @10:09AM (#11675387)
That's a great point and we are currently in the process of recruiting for "American" English and expect to bring on some new people real soon - thanks for the suggestion!
Re:Show HN: Skill Silo – Live Language Tutoring via Skype by Rastalamm on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @12:24AM (#11672651)
What a cool service! Who are the instructors? Can anyone sign up or do you interview them?
Re:Show HN: Skill Silo – Live Language Tutoring via Skype by joshaharonoff on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @12:27AM (#11672656)
All of our instructors undergo a thorough interview process before we bring them on board :)
Re:Show HN: Skill Silo – Live Language Tutoring via Skype by andygor on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @01:37AM (#11672841)
Is it a marketplace?
Re:Show HN: Skill Silo – Live Language Tutoring via Skype by joshaharonoff on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @10:11AM (#11675404)
Not sure what you mean, but we interview each teacher and design the curriculum for each of our courses. We may move to an open marketplace in the future, allowing people to come on board through some sort of automated vetting process.