Episode 60

Effective Android with Jorge Castillo

Books, Courses, and Newsletters with Effective Android by Jorge Castillo

June 12, 202346m 9s

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Show Notes

It’s time for another bonus episode of The Developers’ Bakery! This time, we dive into the world of content creation with Jorge Castillo. Jorge is the author of the blog & newsletter Effective Android and the author of Jetpack Compose internals book.

In this episode we’ll talk about his journey building a newsletter, writing blog posts, preparing courses, and writing books. Join us as we and discover the secrets behind his success.

Enjoy the show 👨‍🍳

Show Notes

00.00 Intro
00.45 Episode Start
01.19 Jorge’s Introduction
03.13 What is Effective Android?
04.01 Kicking off a newsletter
05.19 From RSS to your Inbox
06.42 How to monetize a newsletter?
07.41 Effective Interviews
10.01 How an interview is built
12.01 Podcast vs written interviews
14.02 Where do you find the time?
16.36 Jetpack Compose courses
18.56 Cohort based courses
21.05 Communities around courses
23.00 The business of online courses
24.33 The challenges of building a course
26.51 The book: Jetpack Compose Internals
32.04 The book: The Good Teammate
32.54 Leanpub
34.58 Maintaining Arrow
41.05 Further reading
44.19 Where people can find you online?

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