u/newGuyCoding wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
No entirely unprompted, the guys at Build a Dev had mentioned in passing that they have a new cohort starting soon. I just wanted to spread the good word primarily based on the fact that I am getting a decent return without paying a single dime. I personally believe that it is be
u/michaelnovati replied ·
I commented a longer reply but it got lost because I think you deleted the comment and moved it here.
TLDR: FREE programs can have great benefit short term because you are getting value from someone doing something for free (whether it's to give back and do a good thing, or to grow a brand), but long term they aren't sustainable My post went into evidence why with numerous examples.
To give a quick example, Build A Dev used to be PAID and suffered this problem of teachers leaving and disappearing and the founder couldn't supplement. I know they have a new teacher Wei who claims to be super committed. But what happens if OpenAI gives them a $1M offer (those are real) or Wei gets a full time job and has to leave suddenly.