'Hyangnoh' Mid-Autumn Festival Course Completion Challenge

It's Tuesday with 3 days left until the Chuseok holiday.
Are you all having a pleasant Chuseok holiday?

I'm spending my Chuseok holiday even more meaningfully while reviewing the missions you submitted from the 3rd to the 6th.

Over the past few days, as I've been continuously submitting missions, I've been thinking that there's quite a lot to do, right?
And those of you who submitted missions yesterday probably thought that this challenge has some pretty unique missions, don't you think?

Today, I'd like to talk about why we added these special missions and why we structured the basic missions the way we did.

Usually in these types of challenges or cohort education programs, to encourage participation, they tend to lower the barriers for missions as much as possible and choose methods that are as easy as possible to complete.

We've made this mission have quite a bit more work to do.

• Course Title

• Lecture screen or learning environment capture

• Currently enrolled course link

It seems like you might have found it bothersome, thinking why there are so many things to do when you could just upload a verification photo.
In fact, there are people who submitted without filling out all those items, so we're also taking that into consideration when giving mission feedback.

Even though it might be a bit bothersome, the reason I requested links and even screenshots of your study sessions for the daily missions you need to accomplish is because I wanted to give you an even greater sense of pride and accomplishment after this challenge is completed.

I tend to believe that the emotions you feel when finishing something are more important than the emotions you feel when starting.
For example, going to the gym early in the morning on a day off to work out is really tough when you're starting.
I sometimes toss and turn in bed for several minutes because I don't want to go.
But after it's over, I feel so good that I can spend the entire day in a great mood.

So I thought about how we could give a good feeling even at the end of this challenge.
Of course, I think just the fact that you studied throughout the holiday is enough to bring a positive mood to the end of the challenge.
However, I felt that if only the invisible inner growth accumulates, the ending might feel a bit disappointing.

In all things, there has always been a time gap between action and results.
While some things show results immediately after taking action,
the studying/growth we are doing now almost never produces immediate results.

Just because you study for coding tests right away doesn't mean you'll immediately pass all coding tests, or suddenly pass all the document screening processes.

As you go through this, you'll start having various thoughts like 'Am I studying the right way?', 'Is this the right path?', 'Should I have just taken it easy instead?'

But even if you don't see immediate results, those who have been consistently working at it - it's just a matter of when, not if - eventually achieve good results in some form or another, which I've often witnessed.

So I thought it was important to guide them in a direction where they can consistently study and grow, even if the results aren't immediately visible.

So this challenge was designed in a way that leaves evidence so you can know for yourself that you consistently did something throughout the holiday, even if immediate results don't show.

Thankfully, many people left this mission in a more meaningful way, which made us who prepared it very happy as well.

The special mission had a slightly different intention from this.
Including the special mission you first submitted yesterday, there are a total of 3 special missions in this challenge.

• Finding the Full Moon

• Leave a question about the lecture

• Write a Course Review

Our Inflearn logo is changed to match each commemorative occasion.
So for this Chuseok as well, we used a full moon logo.

I prepared the first special mission with the hope that whenever there are challenges or study groups like this in the future, rather than just remembering the challenge or event itself, you would also remember what kind of holiday this holiday was.

The remaining 2 missions were intended to convey what Inflearn pursues in a broader sense.

Unlike other services, Inflearn is a platform that "fully discloses all course reviews and Q&A content".
We transparently share the content left by our students.

This is largely to provide as many people as possible with a purchase experience and learning experience free of deception before taking the course.

Ultimately, we believe that by gathering course reviews from those who have taken this lecture, questions left while taking the course, and the corresponding answers from knowledge sharers, more transparent information can be shared and a learning environment without information gaps can be created.
This would also be more helpful for those considering enrollment in the future.

And even in this era where AI provides answers, I believe that the value of answers left by the most trustworthy people remains undiminished.

In that regard, writing questions and receiving answers from knowledge sharers is a completely different experience from getting answers from AI, so I wanted to give you this experience as well.

In the end

• The desire to leave behind some tangible result that shows the passion of those 10 days

• We focus on growth, but still, I want to remind you at least once what kind of holiday period this was

• A desire to create a learning environment without information gaps through transparent information disclosure

• I want to provide you with the experience of receiving answers from trustworthy people even in the AI era

These 4 elements came together to plan the mission for this challenge.

I hope these four mindsets are well conveyed to those participating in the challenge.

This challenge will likely continue in the future based on the feedback from participants.
So please feel free to share anything - feedback on the missions, feedback on the process, reviews about the challenge itself - whatever you'd like to say 😃
We will always receive feedback with a grateful heart.

Thank you as always!