Comment by nhangen | Hacker News Reader

Comment by nhangen | Hacker News Reader

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Amy doesn't remember but her and I have had many conversations at various conferences. I know many of her peers, and I know several people that have taken her course. Her husband and I discussed my sunburn at lessconf. I know that she/he are good people.

My reference to courses like that is to any course that teaches someone how to make money on the internet, whether they sell ebooks, software, tools, downloads, or anything in between.

My comment is not an indictment of her course, but of the many get rich quick seekers that take courses like these.

Amy and I spoke about this today and mentioned that she markets so as to avoid this type of person. I think that's great. However, I'm not going to back away from my comment just because her students don't like what I'm saying.

You are totally entitled to your opinion, but here's what happened from my point-of-view:

1. You read/skim my post

2. You assumed I'm selling advice (or info-product)

3. You assumed I didn't know my topic

4. You assumed I would be stupid enough to tell people "gee, I don't know anything about this biz optimization thing" while selling advice on the topic via the same channel

5. You assumed I was a "get rich quick seeker" out of my depth

6. You assumed that Amy's course somehow was responsible for this

7. And now it's not Amy - it's us students, who the courses like this attract

I'm not offended though, I'm just amused. LOL. And I can see how my communication and not being native english-speaker are partially responsible for this.

The funniest thing here is that many of us "get rich quick seekers" in Amy's course have spent years building online businesses. Yeah, we definitely don't like what you are saying :D

Do you know any 30x500 alumni who "think about what they can sell instead of what problems they can solve"? Or was that just a general statement about "any course that teaches someone how to make money on the internet?" (In which case I wouldn't disagree. I was just surprised to see 30x500 thrown in the mix there, had to add my two cents.)

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