Show Notes
Today we bring anothe returning guest, Adam Elmore! An AWS Hero, Teacher and fellow content creator! You might notice today's talk is a bit different, as we don't cover too much technical details but we do cover a lot of other interesting topics that permeate our everyday lives, such as kids and family time, religion and purpose in life...
But don't worry, we also share some hot takes on indie hackers, business models of education platforms and finally content creation and how it can help you propel your career!
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Adam's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@adamdotdev
ProAWS: https://www.proaws.dev/
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:42 Terminal Coffee
06:42 Kids' books
09:00 How serious is the Terminal Coffee business
12:51 Indie Hackers
19:11 Books
23:42 The March of Time
25:56 Commitment to the lessons
27:21 The problem with course platforms
28:31 ProAWS
35:45 The education industry isn't as cutthroat as it seems
39:13 What's Adams plan of attack with the courses?
40:00 How does streaming affect Adam?
44:05 Who is Adam's audience?
44:44 Podcasting
47:34 Who is TomorrowFM targeted at?
49:14 Burnout in podcasts
52:01 Growing up religious
57:34 Would you say that you've distanced yourself from religion for epistemological or cultural reasons?
01:03:00 Throwing the religious labels out
01:13:03 Where to find Adam
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