#060 - Adam Elmore: IndieHacker Extraordinaire

Backend Banter

Today we bring anothe returning guest, Adam Elmore! An AWS Hero, Teacher and fellow content creator! You might notice today's talk is a bit different, as we don't cover too much technical details but we do cover a lot of other interesting topics that permeate our everyday lives, such as kids and family time, religion and purpose in life...

But don't worry, we also share some hot takes on indie hackers, business models of education platforms and finally content creation and how it can help you propel your career!

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:42 Terminal Coffee

06:42 Kids' books

09:00 How serious is the Terminal Coffee business

12:51 Indie Hackers

19:11 Books

23:42 The March of Time

25:56 Commitment to the lessons

27:21 The problem with course platforms

28:31 ProAWS

35:45 The education industry isn't as cutthroat as it seems

39:13 What's Adams plan of attack with the courses?

40:00 How does streaming affect Adam?

44:05 Who is Adam's audience?

44:44 Podcasting

47:34 Who is TomorrowFM targeted at?

49:14 Burnout in podcasts

52:01 Growing up religious

57:34 Would you say that you've distanced yourself from religion for epistemological or cultural reasons?

01:03:00 Throwing the religious labels out

01:13:03 Where to find Adam