I suggest to change the title here to " Show HN: Sprout9 - a platform for students to find tutors " (I removed "great", because it's too optimistic for the dry stile here.)
How do I do that Gus?
We've fixed it now.
Show HN: Sprout9 – a platform for students to find tutors
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Re: Show HN: Sprout9 – a platform for students to find tutors
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> Friend don't be cynical. ... and if one needs an explicit confirmation that it was someone older than 11-year old posting all this, here it is. Phrasing, voc and the tone - none of it correlates with what a kid would say, leave alone to an adult stranger.
Please stop this, all of you. You should all be ashamed of yourselves, goading and piling on an 11-year-old. Even if you're 100% correct, none of that would be his fault—taking it out on the kid is shoddy, and also childish in its own right. The proper response is to be warm, receptive, and encouraging down the path of actual learning and creation. Get him talking about the details of the project that he finds most i…
Daniel, I don't believe for a second that the site at a link could've been developed by an 11-year-old child. That's just not possible. However it is presented as such, and pretty aggressively at that. Some of his comments here could've not been written by a child either, that's pretty bloody obvious if you are to take just take an impartial look. This whole project has a very strong smell of manipulation and sock-puppetry.
I am all for encouraging anyone to get better at things they are genuinely interested in, but being warm and receptive to blatant mis-representation of one's work is not the right thing to do. It sends the exact opposite of the right signal.
Re: Show HN: Sprout9 – a platform for students to find tutors
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Please stop this, all of you. You should all be ashamed of yourselves, goading and piling on an 11-year-old. Even if you're 100% correct, none of that would be his fault—taking it out on the kid is shoddy, and also childish in its own right. The proper response is to be warm, receptive, and encouraging down the path of actual learning and creation. Get him talking about the details of the project that he finds most i…
Daniel, I don't believe for a second that the site at a link could've been developed by an 11-year-old child. That's just not possible. However it is presented as such, and pretty aggressively at that. Some of his comments here could've not been written by a child either, that's pretty bloody obvious if you are to take just take an impartial look. This whole project has a very strong smell of manipulation and sock-pu…
Azaan's comments could obviously have been written by a smart 11-year-old.
Even if you're right on the facts, punishing the child for it is exactly the opposite of what you should be doing.
Re: Show HN: Sprout9 – a platform for students to find tutors
#54I find it exceedingly improbable that this was in fact done by an 11-year old as it's being claimed to be ("how I can improve _my_ version 1.0", etc.). My best guess is that it was done in a heavy collaboration with a professional developer(s) with the kid being used as a figure head to create an unique PR and marketing angle. If you look up the company registration data, it shows up as being established back in the…
This should not have been voted down to oblivion. He's described himself as "founder" and everyone here is assuming he coded and designed the entire product.
Re: Show HN: Sprout9 – a platform for students to find tutors
#55I love this! Very very well done.
Re: Show HN: Sprout9 – a platform for students to find tutors
#56I was wondering when we were going to see something like this as this is an obvious next step in the pandemic era. Out of curiosity, who is the competition in this space? Also what is done to ensure that tutors are qualified and are there any plans to have them go through background checks?
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#57Nice work! Seriously impressive in general, not just because you're 11! The only suggestions I have, aside from what others said here, are marketing/design related. The "for parents" section on the homepage has red check marks and this initially made me think this product does NOT offer those things. Red is usually reserved for bad/warning/errors and personally for any checklist I'd stick with the same color for all…
Thank you very much friend for your kind comments and suggestions. I may reach out to you for help :)
Re: Show HN: Sprout9 – a platform for students to find tutors
#58Welcome to HN, Azaan! (I'm a moderator here.) I hope you'll continue to be part of this community over time and I hope you'll find it useful for learning and sharing.
Hi Dang! It's nice to meet you!
So far, the HN community have mostly been very nice and helpful. I'm sure that HN will be a great resource for learning especially from more experienced hackers!
Re: Show HN: Sprout9 – a platform for students to find tutors
#59I was wondering when we were going to see something like this as this is an obvious next step in the pandemic era. Out of curiosity, who is the competition in this space? Also what is done to ensure that tutors are qualified and are there any plans to have them go through background checks?
Hello friend, I am glad you like my idea of an online platform for students to find tutors.
I am not sure who the competition is exactly although I am sure there are plenty of companies offering tuition. I benefited immensely from remote affordable tutors during the Covid-19 pandemic lock down and realised there are many highly educated teachers out there who can teach online at around 1/3 of the local price. Hence the idea was born.
Screening and evaluating tutors, I have found an experienced teacher to help me interview and vet the tutors to make sure they are child-friendly, qualified and competent.
Re: Show HN: Sprout9 – a platform for students to find tutors
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Thanks friend. I hope PGs YC HN wont do this. I like Paul Graham and he has given me some good advice on Twitter.
You're safe here :) - if anything like this comes up (unlikely) I'll email you.
Thanks, Dang :)
I feel safe now that I know someone good is around to protect against the nasty baddies (envious and jealous bullies).