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Comment by calpaterson | Hacker News Reader

I find it hard to reconcile the incredible generousity of making this material available for free on the internet with the cringeworthiness of Andy Pavlo's style. I love the material but the "6th form humour" is really off-putting and he doesn't need it.

See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m72mt4VN9ik&t=781 for an example of what I mean

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> he doesn't need it.

Nobody needs anything. You didn't need to write your comment. And neither did I have to write this one. That's terrible criteria to judge anything, if it even means anything sensible at all.

I'm fine with "it's down to taste".

"This course video doesn't need juvenile jokes" is an expression of taste. And some people enjoy the jokes.

I have to agree with the parent poster: the skits do take away from the content. I'm grateful the author was so generous to share his knowledge with the world, but the skits are distracting and off-putting.

Ha! It really comes down to personal preferences. Distinctive style of presenting material is what really makes a lecture engaging to me. Also, as a selection filter given the abundance of content online.

Personally, I enjoy the material on databases—but if I’m being honest, the main reason I watch the first lecture is to find out what sort of trouble Andy Pavlo has gotten into.

Andy’s gags are a tiny, tiny fraction of the material. Like, ~5min out of 10+ hours of lectures in a given class. They’re really easy to skip over if you don’t like them.

I disagree. I thought it was hilarious :P

I love his style. He makes it fun.

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