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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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Post by eps »

Jonnewman wrote: post #39

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-…

Did you know that HN highlights all newly created accounts in green color? Can you guess why it does that?

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

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Post by Azaan »

soheil wrote: post #34

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 abo…

Thanks a lot friend for your helpful comments and suggestions.

"Upcoming classes" placeholder page is a great idea.

"banking details" this for the tutors only so can pay them in different countries that Stripe may not support yet.

Stripe is being used for taking payments from students.

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

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Post by honkdaddy »

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...

To what extent did your father's experience building a global trading platform influence the creation of this platform, Azaan?

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

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Post by prismatix »

Nice 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 check marks. Additionally cutting down some of the text on the pages could be helpful. Marketing should be straight, simple, and to the point. For example instead of "Work flexible hours to suit your schedule" maybe replace it with "set your own schedule". If you want some help in this area, feel free to reach out and I can give some more suggestions.

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

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Post by magicink81 »

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…

At least the kid is learning about marketing.

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

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Post by dang »

Azaan wrote: post #27
oliwarner wrote: post #26

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.

You're safe here :) - if anything like this comes up (unlikely) I'll email you.

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

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Post by dang »

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…

Come on you guys (where by "you guys" I mean not just commenters but upvoters). Beating up on an 11 year old because he may have gotten some help from his dad, or whoever, is cheap, mean, and low. This makes me ashamed of HN, and seeing it upvoted to the top of the thread is a reminder of one of the worst failure modes this place has.

The big-pizzazz "I'm $age and I did $thing" story has forever included the dimension of implicit parental help. It was true at science fairs when I was Azaan's age and it's been true as long as HN has been around. Who cares? It's no reason to take your resentment out on the kid.

What sort of a community are we trying to be here? Not this sort, that's for sure.

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

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Post by dang »

honkdaddy wrote: post #43
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...

To what extent did your father's experience building a global trading platform influence the creation of this platform, Azaan?

You're seriously breaking the site guidelines. Please read them and stick to the rules.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Note this one: "Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine." And above all, this one: "Be kind".

As for cross-examining an 11-year-old - what kind of community do you guys think this is supposed to be? Please re-read the guidelines repeatedly.

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

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Post by dang »

eps wrote: post #40
Azaan wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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 interesting, get him technically engaged, direct the focus away from age-achievement. Then maybe something good comes of it.
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