I don't disagree with the notion, but what is up with the dev community championing influencers that work no real jobs and just sell courses where they reread the docs to you at $500 a pop (this gent, $1k a pop)?

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jazzypants 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm not the biggest fan of the influencer community, but I think that it mostly boils down to many learners preferring video content over written material. I've gotten used to reading documentation now, but I remember it being extremely intimidating when I was first learning. It was nice to have someone break stuff down into simple terms for me.

To be fair to Matt Pocock, I know he worked for Vercel and Stately for a while before doing content full time. I can't say anything about his AI content, but I did some of his free lessons when I was learning TypeScript. They included interactive editor lessons and such, so it wasn't just empty videos and fluff like some of the influencers.

	▲	shimman 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		No, look into his actual work history (sorry being a paid marketer isn't working as a dev). Was only a dev consultant for like two years before pivoting into full time influencer. Trust me, I know more about these types than any normal human should.
	▲	epolanski 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> but I think that it mostly boils down to many learners preferring video content over written material 99% of the times that's not learning, but productivity porn.

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bdangubic 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I have followed a simple rule in my career, if you offer training/courses I don’t listen to anything you say.

I consider this a hard rule, like ad-blocking (this is exactly that, blocking ads as each talk is an ad (or ad in disguise).