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#199 – The Future of Teaching with Darrell Silver of Thinkful and Quincy Larson of freeCodeCamp

2021/4/7
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Quincy Larson: freeCodeCamp作为非营利性平台的成功，在于其低成本、高质量的学习资源和强大的社区支持。完全免费的模式使其能够惠及全球范围内的学习者，特别是那些经济条件有限的人群。其交互式学习模式和即时反馈机制也极大地提高了学习效率。平台的成功并非一蹴而就，而是长期积累和持续改进的结果。 Darrell Silver: Thinkful的经验表明，成人教育应该注重学习成果，而非课堂时间。学习者追求的是高效的学习方式，以最短的时间获得所需的技能，从而提升职业发展。因此，课程设计应该紧密围绕就业需求，去除不必要的冗余内容。他认为，金钱是手段而非目的，帮助他人提升职业和财富才是真正有意义的。高价教育会阻碍社会流动性，高质量的教育应该兼顾可及性和个性化需求。

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This chapter explores the reasons behind freeCodeCamp's success, highlighting its unique characteristics as a non-profit organization with a massive impact despite a small team and budget. The discussion touches upon the reasons for choosing the non-profit model and the sustainability of this approach.
  • freeCodeCamp's success as a non-profit unicorn
  • Run by a small team of 12 people with numerous volunteers
  • Delivers incredible product, community, and leadership
  • Tiny budget and non-profit context means no creation of new oligarchs

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One of the best ways to build a successful business as an indie hacker is to teach people a valuable skill. So in this episode, I sat down to talk to you two of the best educators that I know. Darrell Silver (@darrellsilver) is the founder of Thinkful (an online learning service that's helped thousands of students get high paying jobs in tech)  and Quincy Larson (@ossia), the founder of freeCodeCamp.

We’ll get into some of the best ways for indie hackers to get started as educators and the economics behind an education business.  

 • Learn to code on freeCodeCamp: https://www.freecodecamp.org/

 • Follow Quincy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ossia

 • Check out Thinkful: https://www.thinkful.com/

 • Follow Darrell on Twitter: https://twitter.com/darrellsilver