How do I become a programming teacher full time?
I have this website: http://www.markhagan.me/samples
I currently ad-support this hobby and make about $1.00/day doing it. :) I get a few emails a week with questions/thanks/etc which is actually what makes it worth my time.
How do I go about making this my full-time job while keeping the information and videos completely free?
--- I was thinking: buy a domain to hold the programming samples, get on a regular video-posting schedule, beg for donations. Many of you guys are going to have far more experience than me in this realm, and I would love to hear your opinion. Teaching people to code is my dream.
Thanks!
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 14.9 ms ] threadThe right question is: How can I make a site that's more compelling than lynda.com or stackexchange?
I also think part of your problem is that you want to keep the information and videos for free. Yes a real infobusiness will give away some stuff for free, but it can and should also sell content if that content has any value.
Hint: If your content solves a problem, it has value.
Other thoughts:
- Not every hobby should be a business
- Another model can be to use free information to build a consulting business
I love stackexchange. They are fantastic at responding to one-off questions. My style is to build small, functional applications from launching visual studio to debug without cutting the video.
I feel you on not making every hobby a business. I also brew beer and have now given up on "starting a micro brewery" and, instead, focused on brewing really great beers that my friends and I like. Ever since doing that, I have been winning more awards and have tuned my brews to my tastes.
Given the current amount of questions that are emailed to me, maybe a model could be a private screen-sharing session where I can correct their mistakes on their computer. I would like that.
Run an 12 week course teaching people to code like bloc.io with leads generated from your free content.