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If anything I think that Udacity might be hurting Udemy's reputation. I've used both platforms. Udacity is absurdly expensive. I could buy a university course
by jklein11 8y ago
If anything I think that Udacity might be hurting Udemy's reputation.
I've used both platforms. Udacity is absurdly expensive. I could buy a university course for the price of a Udacity course. The material is pretty decent and having live graders who give you feedback is pretty useful.
In a lot of cases Udemy is a bargain. There is literally ALWAYS a coupon code to get any course for $9.99. While it seems like 95% of the coursework is pretty weak, I have downloaded some truly excellent content. I can't recommend Todd McLeod's Golang courses and Chad Darby's course on Spring highly enough. 10 bucks is an incredible value.
At the end of the day, building portfolio projects with the skills you've learned from Udemy is much more valuable than whatever recruiting help Udacity provides.
In my book Udemy is the superior product.
- freehunter 8y agoAfter a free course on StackSkills a few years back I launched my first ever web site. The experience I gained from that launched my side project which has brought in a bit of extra income and a lot of personal satisfaction. After an excellent $20 course on Udemy, I launched an app to go with that side project which brings in even more extra income and even more personal satisfaction. Am I a computer scientist? No. Would I get a job as a professional programmer? Probably not. But I got way more out of the Udemy course than I paid for, so I'm pretty happy. I do wish there was less trash on Udemy though, as a novice its hard to sort through the chaff.
- GFischer 8y agoYou launched an app, I think you could get a job as a junior programmer (heck, you're ahead of most) :) Don't sell yourself short.