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LearnWeb3 in 9 months became one of the most popular places to become a web3 developer for free. In this episode, Haardik tells me about its beginnings, crazy growth, building a 50k+ members community & more.
Timestamps:
How Haardik feels running a 50k+ students course & how it all started
Does the bear market impact people’s interest in learning web3 development
How LearnWeb3 started in December 2021 as a way to help a friend learn web3 development
How they acquired their first users via Haardik’s Indian developer community friends & Kacie’s Twitter followers
What’s the difference between LearnWeb3 & other coding courses
How LearnWeb3DAO covers the whole path from beginner to finding a job as a developer
How their “no stupid questions” attitude & leading with an example helped to build a strong community
Activities that their community takes
Why hackathons are harder to organize than most people think
Why it was hard to integrate quizzes
Why, after working out Twitter, they started to add more events & other social media platforms
Why they wouldn’t change too much if they went back in time and started LW3 again
The reason they haven’t become a DAO yet
Why if Haardik had a magic wand, he would fix the web3 identity problem
The story when Haardik interviewed 5 North Korean hackers
Why he loves old-school projects such as Uniswap, Aave & Gitcoin
Where you can learn more about LearnWeb3
His guests' ideas