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! Learn back-end development - https://www.boot.dev Listen on your favorite podcast player: https://www.backendbanter.fm Adam's Twitter: https://x.com/adamdotdev Adam's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@adamdotdev ProAWS: https://www.proaws.dev/ 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