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Build Side Projects With 500k+ Users: Shipping & Growing

2h 12m 17s
English
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Have a great idea for a side project? Learn how to transform it into a real product and, most importantly, attract users to make it a success.

Course Overview

This course is designed to guide you through the essential steps of converting your idea into a high-quality product with a growing user base. By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Understand what makes the first version of a product truly high-quality.
  • Improve the product quickly and with minimal effort.
  • Work with user feedback correctly and effectively.
  • Create a user-friendly and pleasant interface.
  • Attract users organically, without large expenses.

The Importance of Real User Engagement

If your professional experience isn't sufficient for acing interviews, your side projects can be your ticket to success. However, they need to be more than just code snippets; they must be utilized by real users.

Impress with Your User Numbers

When your side project surpasses 1,000 users, it already distinguishes itself from 95% of other resume projects. Reaching 10,000 users will start drawing recruiter attention. If you're able to hit the 500,000 user mark, as discussed in this course, major companies, including the likes of FAANG, will be eager to bring you on board.

About the Author: Alex Chiou

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Alex Chiou is a US engineer (formerly at Meta and Pinterest) and a co-founder of Tech Career Growth (originally Tech Lead alongside Patrick Shyu). His teaching focuses on the career-trajectory side of working in software at large tech companies — the unwritten rules of performance reviews, promotions, project selection, and the soft-skills that compound across an engineering career.

The course catalog covers technical interview preparation (algorithm / data-structure questions and the system-design rounds at the senior level), the career-side topics around landing and succeeding at FAANG-tier companies, and the engineering-management track for developers transitioning into leadership roles.

The CourseFlix listing under this source carries 9 Alex Chiou courses spanning that range. Material is paid and aimed at engineers preparing for interviews or actively navigating the career path at large tech companies.

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How This Course Works Demo
05:40
2
Done Is Better Than Perfect
03:54
3
Crafting The MVP
07:36
4
Planning Your Initial Launch: API Example
05:13
5
Make It 5x Better With 0 Effort
06:47
6
Least Clicks Design
04:53
7
KISS
04:24
8
Easy Design Wins
05:45
9
Leverage Existing Patterns
03:58
10
Dogfooding
07:12
11
Be A Feedback Sponge
06:26
12
1 Star Reviews Are The Best
04:52
13
Observe Your Users
04:08
14
SEO
09:11
15
ASO
08:47
16
Word Of Mouth
05:07
17
Social Media
09:04
18
GitHub
06:50
19
Managing Your Project
04:20
20
When To Give Up
07:51
21
Go Deeper: Follow Through
10:19
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Course content

21 lessons · 2h 12m 17s
Show all 21 lessons
  1. 1 How This Course Works 05:40
  2. 2 Done Is Better Than Perfect 03:54
  3. 3 Crafting The MVP 07:36
  4. 4 Planning Your Initial Launch: API Example 05:13
  5. 5 Make It 5x Better With 0 Effort 06:47
  6. 6 Least Clicks Design 04:53
  7. 7 KISS 04:24
  8. 8 Easy Design Wins 05:45
  9. 9 Leverage Existing Patterns 03:58
  10. 10 Dogfooding 07:12
  11. 11 Be A Feedback Sponge 06:26
  12. 12 1 Star Reviews Are The Best 04:52
  13. 13 Observe Your Users 04:08
  14. 14 SEO 09:11
  15. 15 ASO 08:47
  16. 16 Word Of Mouth 05:07
  17. 17 Social Media 09:04
  18. 18 GitHub 06:50
  19. 19 Managing Your Project 04:20
  20. 20 When To Give Up 07:51
  21. 21 Go Deeper: Follow Through 10:19

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Have a great idea for a side project? Learn how to transform it into a real product and, most importantly, attract users to make it a success. Course Overview This course is designed to guide you through the essential steps of converting…
Who teaches Build Side Projects With 500k+ Users: Shipping & Growing?
Build Side Projects With 500k+ Users: Shipping & Growing is taught by Alex Chiou. You can find more courses by this instructor on the corresponding source page.
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Build Side Projects With 500k+ Users: Shipping & Growing contains 21 lessons with a total runtime of 2 hours 12 minutes. All lessons are available to watch online at your own pace.
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