"Finding resources used to be a problem, but it's mostly not any more" Why is it not a problem any more?
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Could finding resources be better? Of course! Everything can be improved.
But if your question is what's the most difficult part of my learning, then honestly it's not finding material. It's getting over the roadblocks in the journey.
I have thought of this problem a lot, and I can sense that you may have already formed an idea around making a better search or discovery tool. That's an easy one for programmers to fall for. But just because it seems doable, it doesn't mean it's the most important problem to solve.
For example, before Khan Academy came around, no techies really understood that one of the most important things in learning is simply good material. No amount of cool tools and search engines will help you unless you have good content to begin with.
Your sense is correct. But is not around the idea of a search engine. Is about a tool/place that only has good material. Relevant, validated, curated material. Would something like that help you?
Do you feel just as confortable finding the material for a completely new topic as you do for when you are looking for something you know and you are only trying the deepen your knowledge regarding that topic?
The sites I mentioned above are already doing that. Plus I also like to curate material on my own.
Only two things would really help me -
1. You create more amazing content for things I'm interested in learning.
2. You connect me to people who can answer my stupid questions when I get stuck - in real-time. Any delay just kills motivation.