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Re: Show HN: Sprout9 – a platform for students to find tutors

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Thanks friend. Not many people take a 11 year old seriously.

I remember thinking the same when I was 11, and promised myself to always take children seriously as an adult. I've only grown more irresponsible and rowdy as I aged ;) On a related note, I think many children are ready to drive cars much earlier than the current age limit.

I am not ready to drive cars :D I cant even reach the pedals yet!

Re: Show HN: Sprout9 – a platform for students to find tutors

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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?

or do I have to to start a new one?

Re: Show HN: Sprout9 – a platform for students to find tutors

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I 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 90s by someone with the same last name and listing their position as a "system analyst".

If you look through the Twitter stream, it does not read like something written by a child, even a very mature one. Ditto for the copy on the website, including the About page and what not.

Basically, this looks too good to be true as described. Realistically speaking.

Re: Show HN: Sprout9 – a platform for students to find tutors

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You should be more careful advertising your age. Under 13s usually end up with their accounts forcibly deleted because of laws about collecting data [making it disproportionately inconvenient to facilitate young children].

Thanks friend. I hope PGs YC HN wont do this. I like Paul Graham and he has given me some good advice on Twitter.

Re: Show HN: Sprout9 – a platform for students to find tutors

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I 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…

One Twitter message of theirs reads "WOW THIS IS SO EMPOWERING", and a quote from Steve Jobs about changing the world.

I am 34 years old and I have a hard time finding a use for that word as it is, I can't really imagine 11 years old me grasping the concept of "empowerment". I was already writing (some) C at that age, I felt like a cool kid because I managed to paint the screen red in Turbo C++, but not so much to have the maturity and foresight of opening a whole business, create an MVP, market it, and ask Paul Graham for advice.

But what do I know.

Re: Show HN: Sprout9 – a platform for students to find tutors

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post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do I do that Gus?

or do I have to to start a new one?

You can change the title only for a while. I don't remember if that's only one or two hours after submitting. Now it's too late.

> or do I have to to start a new one?

No, don't worry. It's better to use a descriptive title, but it's not a big deal. The mods may change it later.

Re: Show HN: Sprout9 – a platform for students to find tutors

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I 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…

>Luckily Azaan’s not the only technically minded member of his family. His father had already built a global trading platform, and so he was perfectly positioned to help his son with this next challenge.

Ah, there it is.

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