Our solution to student loans and graduate unemployment

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20360970

by axdhi • 7 years ago

4 4 7 years ago

news.ycombinator.com

Our idea is an e-learning website linked to a freelancing website. Users take courses uploaded by instructors in the e-learning part of the website and apply what they learn in the real world by completing tasks for companies in the freelancing part of the website.

You can only apply for a task if you have completed its required courses, ensuring that you have the knowledge required to complete the task. In return, each task should have a minimum pay to ensure that users are not underpaid and have a steady source of income.

The aim of this idea is that people no longer have to pay expensive student loans to learn job related skills and that they can find jobs more easily as they can apply for any task as long as they have completed its required courses.

We are still in the pre-launch stage and we would encourage you to sign up now if you’re interested so that we can convince instructors and companies to post courses and tasks on our site, allowing us to launch the site faster for you to use it.

Also, feel free to suggest any ways to improve our app.

axdhi2• 7 years ago

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rootshelled• 7 years ago

I love the idea, but do you also get certificates? Sadly even in the IT world many corporate companies still require us to show some formal documents that show we do indeed have the skills we claim to have.

If not, I feel it will become an feedback loop where I can only get work from the website. Because I can't show an website to an prospective employer who isn't in on the loop.

Also as an possible educator, how would I get paid? Like do you take an percentage off from the freelance work then distribute between the "required" courses or how does that play out? or do I get an cut from the course payment?

Is there also a going to be a vetting process and/or course structure and/or acceptable courses depending on what they teach?

One last thing, why separately do accounts for instructors and enrolled people? What if I want to both teach and learn?

axdhi2• 7 years ago

Hey, thanks for your interest and we do not have certificates like the traditional educational system and instead we have a resume-like profile page that shows the courses you have completed and the tasks if you have completed.

This way companies would know that you actually have the knowledge that you claim and can see your practical experience in completing tasks, which is something you won’t be able to prove with just a degree certification.

If you are an instructor you get paid when someone enrols in your course. We have 2 separate accounts for instructors and users for security reasons

Thank you

Quanta2002• 7 years ago

Hi, Im the cofounder of this app I can also answer your question.

We do not have certificates like the traditional educational system and instead we have a resume-like profile page that shows the courses you have completed and the tasks if you have completed.

This way companies would know that you actually have the knowledge that you claim and can see your practical experience in completing tasks, which is something you won’t be able to prove with just a degree certification.

If you are an instructor you get paid when someone enrols in your course. We have 2 separate accounts for instructors and users for security reasons.

Also, since you’re interested could we invite you to sign up so that we can launch earlier.