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Re: Ask HN: Where to find domain experts for 1:1 tutoring?

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Post by tworats »

I've had great luck with graduate students (and sometimes even ungrads): I'll find a grad student who knows the topic, often by searching for lesser known content creators on youtube/blogs, and reach out with an offer to pay for their time to explain a particular topic. So far it's worked out great, and I've created relationships with smart up and coming people in the field - they make meaningful money, I accelerate my learning. I ended up eventually hiring one, and another did consulting for me for some time. We had a routine where I'd ask them to read and summarize / teach me ML papers that were of interest to me, which they in turn could use in their studies/thesis/youtube channels.

Tips on this: content creators tend to be more open to and better at explaining things, and you get to see their ability to explain before you pay them. If you can, overpay them - students need the money more than you do :-)

Re: Ask HN: Where to find domain experts for 1:1 tutoring?

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Post by CoastalCoder »

ada1981 wrote: post #17

Clarity.fm/adams is me, and clarity in general has pay as you go mentoring / tutoring. Also, we host a free AI Playground and Workshop every Wednesday at 11am-12:30est. VCs, devs, film makers, founders, artists, coaches, it’s a cool space. a@175g.com for an invite Or just drop into AnthonyDavidAdams.com/zoom

> 11am-12:30est

This may sound pedantic, but it's an honest question:

Did you really intend to write EST, even though the eastern U.S. is currently in EDT? Or maybe just "ET"?

Re: Ask HN: Where to find domain experts for 1:1 tutoring?

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Post by c_o_n_v_e_x »

tomashertus wrote: post #4

Heh, a couple of years ago, I had an idea for an "Uber for Experts." It would provide a similar experience to Uber, but instead of a ride, you'd get 30 minutes with a domain expert of your choosing. I never got around to working on it, but there might still be an opportunity for something like this.

There's a few companies out there that provide these "expert networks." GLG or AlphaSights

Not necessarily tutors, but I run into the same issue in Product Management. I need to do customer research, but the process of finding people to speak with is time consuming and very much like sales. To have 10 conversations, I'll probably have reached out to at least 40-50 people. I have to build a "funnel" of people in order to maintain having a few conversations per week.

Note: I experience this problem at startups that don't have existing customer bases. With companies that have existing customer bases, finding people to validate ideas and get feedback is not arduous .

Re: Ask HN: Where to find domain experts for 1:1 tutoring?

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Post by neom »

c_o_n_v_e_x wrote: post #27
tomashertus wrote: post #4

Heh, a couple of years ago, I had an idea for an "Uber for Experts." It would provide a similar experience to Uber, but instead of a ride, you'd get 30 minutes with a domain expert of your choosing. I never got around to working on it, but there might still be an opportunity for something like this.

There's a few companies out there that provide these "expert networks." GLG or AlphaSights Not necessarily tutors, but I run into the same issue in Product Management. I need to do customer research, but the process of finding people to speak with is time consuming and very much like sales. To have 10 conversations, I'll probably have reached out to at least 40-50 people. I have to build a "funnel" of people in order…

I was an AlphaSights "expert" on cloud for a while, they paid me super well and the people asked good questions, I stopped doing it because It was mostly hedge fund managers I was talking with, but given how much they paid me, I can't imagine what their clients must have been paying.
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