Certificates solve a huge issue I've had as an e-learner - getting good credentials for the learning I do electronically. Prior to this it didn't matter how mu

Certificates solve a huge issue I've had as an e-learner - getting good credentials for the learning I do electronically. Prior to this it didn't matter how much you learned on Udacity, there wasn't a good way to signal that achievement/knowledge/learning. I'm fine overall because I have traditional credentials that speak well enough and open enough doors for me. A udacity certificate would just be icing to add to my resume. But, the learning Udacity provides is probably most valuable to people who don't have traditional credentials. And, Udacity as an institution is most valuable to the economy/society if we can use it as signals of competence for people without traditional credentials. So I find a lot of reasons to get really excited about this move. I imagine there's probably a budget/frugal hack that would work where you take the course for free, finish it, then enroll in the credential/coaching for a single month. I wouldn't be at all surprised if one-month-cost post-hoc credentialing is an intended feature of their platform.