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

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Post by cupofcoffee »

huhtenberg wrote: post #25

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…

Haha yup. Wait until you check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWONeJKn6kc

ML course by a 15 year old!

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

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Post by Azaan »

1_player wrote: post #28
huhtenberg wrote: post #25

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 ha…

Friend,

Aged 10, I passed my GCSE Mathematics exam with the highest possible grade, an A Star (Grade 9).

I am one of the youngest boys in the 33+ year history of the exam to have achieved this.

We are all born with different abilities and talent. I suck at sports but excel in Mathematics and Sciences etc

https://educational-life.org/ten-year-old-maths-whizz-gets-h...

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

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Post by Azaan »

gus_massa wrote: post #29
Azaan wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Thanks :)

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

#34

Post by soheil »

First off, great job on the design, I can't say I'd be able to do as good a job. You put me to shame after years of web development.

> I would like fellow hackers to give me some constructive feedback

I also like how you see yourself as a hacker. Hacking is probably the most important thing as a programmer to get good at. It's not following best practices or reading the manuals that everyone else is reading. It's about finding creative solutions to mundane problems, this is what programming is to me.

"Upcoming classes" section was empty for me when I joined as a tutor. So maybe if that section is empty have some placeholder or some sort of instruction to let the user know what's happening.

Asking for banking details is also something that probably be handed off to a provider like Stripe for security/compliance reasons. And also to make your users more comfortable sharing that information with you.

Otherwise, great job and I can only imagine what your skills will look like in 10 years.

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

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Post by jackhalford »

Azaan wrote: post #32
1_player wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 ha…

Friend, Aged 10, I passed my GCSE Mathematics exam with the highest possible grade, an A Star (Grade 9). I am one of the youngest boys in the 33+ year history of the exam to have achieved this. We are all born with different abilities and talent. I suck at sports but excel in Mathematics and Sciences etc https://educational-life.org/ten-year-old-maths-whizz-gets-h...

this « article » and the whole website feels odd. It looks like a news website but the articles all look like paid marketing placements.

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

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Post by Azaan »

jackhalford wrote: post #35
Azaan wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Friend, Aged 10, I passed my GCSE Mathematics exam with the highest possible grade, an A Star (Grade 9). I am one of the youngest boys in the 33+ year history of the exam to have achieved this. We are all born with different abilities and talent. I suck at sports but excel in Mathematics and Sciences etc https://educational-life.org/ten-year-old-maths-whizz-gets-h...

this « article » and the whole website feels odd. It looks like a news website but the articles all look like paid marketing placements.

Friend don't be so cynical.

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

#39

Post by Jonnewman »

Check this 6 year coder!

"It's fair to say that most 6 year olds are probably more interested in playing with toys and computer games than taking a programming class, but not Kautilya Katariya. Now 7, Kautilya has been recognized as the world's youngest computer programmer after completing four professional certifications from IBM for Python and artificial intelligence."

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/a-6-year-old-became-the...

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

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Post by eps »

Azaan wrote: post #37
jackhalford wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

this « article » and the whole website feels odd. It looks like a news website but the articles all look like paid marketing placements.

Friend don't be so cynical.

> 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.

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