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On ExamPro I have built my own LMS with on-demand video streaming and I could have easily sent everyone to sign up there which I could have then cross-sold other exclusive AWS content but I wanted to give Udemy a try to see how to better improve my LMS, they also have lots of information on how to make better quality course content. There is also the possibility of social proof since Udemy courses are public facing they can validate me as a legit online course creator. Also, Udemy is supposed to promote your content to expose you to more people.
I don't like Udemy, but my thought is if I want to make more free content vs paid I need to reach more people and have more social proof and I will only know if Udemy can help with that by getting first-hand knowledge by publishing a course on their platform.
For me, this was low risk because I actually have 6 other courses already video-tutorialized unpublished which were from previous in-person workshops I ran.
If I were to get enough subscribers on youtube I would be comfortable with making more of my previously paid content free because the trade in social proof allows me to create even better-paid content. I didn't publish straight to youtube because I'm taking a half step approach because as soon as I make this content free it devalues my ability to monetize in-person. So if interest fails then at least I have the content paid.
Getting more youtube subscribers isn't for the ad money because I turn off ads on youtube. It creates business opportunities to sell my content to big companies.
Had a quick look over the course... love it!
I really like AWS services, only thing that I don't like its complex pricing :(
Would love to see a simple way to calculate all the expected numbers per month.
The effort to determine pricing was what kept me off on AWS platform for years.
Once you get used to its okay but it is quite the initial deterrent.
AWS Budgets is free and really good at helping you visualize what you're spending day to day.
The only pricing I calculate mostly is EC2 instances and so it's around ~730 hours per month.
So I'm doing lots of 730 x 0.XX
I do the day to day calculation, but it's still not giving me accurate numbers per month (Cuz of the calculation of the free tier 😐).
The last time I contacted the AWS support about calculations he taught me how to use the monthly report in excel and see the usage per service and estimate the price; their support is elite, but seriously, doing calculation in excel everytime I use an extra service sucks!
I had 4 instances on EC2, tried moving into digital ocean the previous month... worked pretty well, and I'm planning to move another instance just for that reason!
This is the reason why I use digitalcean instead. =(
I once was charged $3000 USD from AWS because I misconfigured a server forgot about it and then got a bill at the end of the month.
Another time I accidentally selected a private certificate instead of a public one and they cost something like $500 USD.
Though AWS was good enough to reverse the charges in both cases and also before they even made it onto my credit card so no refunding on my card required. So I have never been screwed by 'technicality'.
This big fear is less of a concern because I have billing alarms and I now know how pricing works for core services, and I use AWS Budgets to help me visualize or catch any weird costs.
But yeah I think I should make a video tutorial series of something like 5 videos on this.
I got a mini heart attack on your $3000. It was reddit.com/r/nonononoyes/ material. I'm glad they didn't charge you. It is also good to know there are ways to mitigate this "problem".
Yes indeed. I think there would be a demand for cost centered trainings. For example, I use DigitalOcean, but I would prefer to use AWS because everybody uses AWS and for the industry it would be better if I did so I could have more experience on it. But the complexity and pricing pushes me off.
@andrew Brown, thank you for the coupon code on the AWS training. If should have your Twitter listed here.
Thank you for sharing your course, very much appreciated!
no problem bud, enjoy.
Enrolled. AWS is sth I want to dive into. Thanks.
Thank you so much for sharing it! , i've already shared it to my friends and colleagues.
thank you, Andrew, for nice gesture for a community. I appreciate it.
Ups! The link is sold out, are you still providing free access to your course? I’m very interested on doing it. Thanks for sharing Andrew.
I think I filmed a new version of this in my Solutions Architect Associate course on freeCodeCamp youtube. The only part left out is configuring Ruby on Rails.
Thanks Andrew, yes i´ve found it in the freeCodeCamp´s channel 👏🏽
Thank you man <3. Means a lot :)
Thanks a lot... :)
Oooh shoot the coupon is sold out
I just updated the link again, give it another try
Thanks i just got in andrew you are the best
This is fantastic! Just what I was looking for! Thank you so much!
Thank you, Andrew Brown, make it free and I have enrolled it to know more about
deploying web apps in AWS with my free time.
God Bless You Man,
Mohammad
The first 50 coupons were used up so I update the link to allow for 50 more.
thanks a lot. I am using own server never had time to dive in AWS
Yeah bud, its all about time. Hopefully this fast tracks it for you.
I just recently got into AWS over the past month and it's been a fun ride. I do feel there are gaps in my knowledge though. I'm super excited to go through this and fill any of those holes in.
Whatever those gaps are you tell me because I bet people are experiencing the same and I'll video them up.
Thank you very much for making this free,
Perfect timing! I'm so grateful for this. More so as it cove Ruby on Rails! Thanks for doing this.
❤️ thank you, saw it in my Google feed and seemed very interesting
Wow.. super cool.. Just got the course for free. Will start learning from the weekend..Cheers man.. <3 from Dev.to
Please give me a free link
Hi, are the free coupons still available for this course?
Thanks!
thank you so much, would be great to the coupon for the course, building my first rails app, will need to deploy it soon.
thanks again.