I'm in the last course of my third micromasters now so I guess I can share some perspective and experiences here. I completed the Data, Economics and Developme

I'm in the last course of my third micromasters now so I guess I can share some perspective and experiences here. I completed the Data, Economics and Development Policy one around 2019 and it definitely contributed to a job / career switch (data science job at an NGO in the experimental economics space). The courses I took were highly applicable to that work and I'm fairly confident that they helped me get hired as well, some of the people running the organization were collaborators of the ones who set up the micromasters. I completed the Manufacturing micromasters last year as part of learning and development during my job (different job, manufacturing in biotech). It gave me a lot of valuable perspective on monitoring and optimization of manufacturing processes and I learned some "Design of Experiments" theory that I later applied at work. I'm currently in the last part of the Finance micromasters for my own interest. It's too early to say whether this will have much of a career impact, but I definitely perceive the skills I'm acquiring as valuable (basic accounting and NPV calculation are useful in many different corporate environments, and financial skills are helpful for planning retirement as well). I think the programs have gotten a lot more expensive which might make it a harder decision, I didn't pay more than ~$1500 for any of these and each covers a lot of ground so I thought they were worth it. There are some technical glitches here and there with EdX but overall the quality of instruction is high. The Finance one is the only one so far where I've had significant contact with peers, it's not easy to benefit from the social aspects of a degree with these programs. I think doing well in these programs gives you a good shot at getting into full degree programs on campus though (I got accepted into the Economics masters but it didn't fit my plans at the time). Obviously the full program is much more expensive (I think it was $40k-ish for the Econ one, $100k-ish for the Finance one). Your mileage may vary - I really enjoyed the programs, they fed my curiosity and they came in useful so I have zero regrets about spending time and money on them.