Re:How are people making money selling knowledge on the Inte...
by tracer4201 on Saturday October 26, 2019 @04:37PM
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I recently watched a YouTube video about some guy who worked as an engineer at FB, Google, etc and was recently fired by FB because of his YouTube channel. Anyway, YouTube’s algorithm thought I was trying to learn CS and blasted my landing screen with these kinds of videos.
This is when I discovered there’s a micro genre of content creators on YouTube that say they can teach you how to work through big tech company interviews, and some have spun off separate personal websites where you can get access to premium videos or tutorials.
I mean - there’s an industry around how to do well in programming interviews. I had no idea.
Re:How are people making money selling knowledge on the Inte...
by Reedx on Saturday October 26, 2019 @05:03PM
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It's amazing how much his videos get recommended. He plays the algorithm like a fiddle.
As for the actual videos, I finally watched a few and not even sure what to make of them. It seems so ridiculous, but I can't tell how much is real or made up. I'm just kind of amused by the whole thing.
Re:How are people making money selling knowledge on the Inte...
by ignoramous on Saturday October 26, 2019 @05:05PM
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> I mean - there’s an industry around how to do well in programming interviews
A ex-Facebook employee who's an acquaintance runs a highly successful business that employs 250+ people, bootstrapped up until recently when they took in $1.5M in angel funding at $20M val. They aren't that big as there are even bigger players in the market. I'm not sure if existence of such shops is a good indicator of the state of hiring in tech. Also, such business seem to be optimising for a very narrow goal unlike https://podia.com which is a wonderful platform for creators / tutors to monetize their content.
Despite the existence of books, websites, and MOOCs with arguably better content and community which are cheaper or even free, I've seen many instead opt to pay companies that help tame tech interviews. I guess, people only value what they have to pay for.
Re:How are people making money selling knowledge on the Inte...
by adelHBN on Saturday October 26, 2019 @02:15PM
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From everything I've read and researched on this topic, it seems that self-help content is the winner. Does anyone know other types of content published by people, as opposed by organized entities, that have provided nice financial rewards similar to those identified in this article? History, politics, travel are some of the topics that come to mind.
This is when I discovered there’s a micro genre of content creators on YouTube that say they can teach you how to work through big tech company interviews, and some have spun off separate personal websites where you can get access to premium videos or tutorials.
I mean - there’s an industry around how to do well in programming interviews. I had no idea.
As for the actual videos, I finally watched a few and not even sure what to make of them. It seems so ridiculous, but I can't tell how much is real or made up. I'm just kind of amused by the whole thing.
Here's the channel for anyone wondering: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xKdmAXFh4ACyhpiQ_3qBw
A ex-Facebook employee who's an acquaintance runs a highly successful business that employs 250+ people, bootstrapped up until recently when they took in $1.5M in angel funding at $20M val. They aren't that big as there are even bigger players in the market. I'm not sure if existence of such shops is a good indicator of the state of hiring in tech. Also, such business seem to be optimising for a very narrow goal unlike https://podia.com which is a wonderful platform for creators / tutors to monetize their content.
Despite the existence of books, websites, and MOOCs with arguably better content and community which are cheaper or even free, I've seen many instead opt to pay companies that help tame tech interviews. I guess, people only value what they have to pay for.