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Show HN: I recreated Coursera with 150 free YouTube tutorials
Author : nandreev
Score : 25 points
Date : 2022-12-04 14:09 UTC (8 hours ago)
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| graymatters wrote:
| Quite shallow selection. How were the videos selected vs. other
| videos on the same topic (and say similar length)? What are the
| credentials of the curator to convince curator's choices are
| indeed worthwhile?
| nandreev wrote:
| Excellent points. A judgment call has to be made if there are
| two competing videos for the same topic, and around the same
| length. This sometimes happens, for very popular topics (e.g.
| HTML basics).
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| The plan is to have a feedback mechanism that will let the
| viewers decide if a video should stay or go.
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| Where possible, attention is called to the credentials of the
| instructor (much more important and impressive than the
| credentials of the curator). The first few minutes of the
| videos are usually enough to convince a viewer that it's a
| serious video intended to convey information.
| nandreev wrote:
| OK, so it's not quite a complete learning platform. I've only
| covered the most popular resume keywords here.
|
| The idea was to find the best YouTube crash courses for every
| "hot" tech skill. "Best" is subjective, so I had to rely on video
| popularity, viewer feedback, and my own watch experience to gauge
| how effective each one is.
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| This is for folks that:
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| - Want to quickly refresh their skills
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| - Want a preview of a technical topic before investing lots of
| time and money into it
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| - Have an interview in 30 minutes and desperately need something,
| anything
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| The goal is to get people hooked on a subject - give them a basic
| overview of what's going on, then lure them in with increasingly
| more complicated tutorials.
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| All possible thanks to the YouTube instructors who are kind
| enough to put up amazing content for free.
| minhmeoke wrote:
| Thanks, this looks like a really useful portal site for getting
| started in almost any tech-related subject. Bookmarked!
| nandreev wrote:
| Thanks! I will be adding more skills / career tracks
| depending on feedback :)
| wordpad25 wrote:
| what is the difference from just searching youtube for same?
| nandreev wrote:
| Great question. The optimal way to learn one of these skills
| through youtube:
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| - Run the search
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| - Click through the top 5-10 results
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| - Investigate which courses are a) complete (i.e. not just
| pitches for an upsell), b) up to date, c) presented clearly and
| succinctly
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| I did all that already for each topic.
|
| Another big question people have: "Where do I begin learning
| X?" They inevitably get linked to a giant roadmap diagram. On
| this site, the videos are arranged in a particular order -
| starting from the very beginning.
| IdontKnowRust wrote:
| Good job, I would suggest to you add this one, it's for TF and it
| is pretty good.
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| https://youtu.be/7xngnjfIlK4
| nandreev wrote:
| Thank you! This one looks really well done. (For anyone
| wondering, TF = Terraform)
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