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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