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Dropped $180 on a coding bootcamp prep course that taught me less than a free YouTube playlist
So about 6 months ago I got it in my head I wanted to learn Python and I signed up for this online prep course. It was $180 for "intro to programming fundamentals" and it promised to get me ready for a real bootcamp. Turns out it was 12 hours of some guy reading slides about what a variable is. The whole thing could have been a 20 minute video. I finished it in a weekend and felt dumber than when I started, honestly. Then I found a free 4 hour video by some dude in his basement and learned loops, functions, and how to actually build a tiny calculator in like 3 days. I am not even kidding, the free stuff was way better. So yeah, if you are brand new like I was, do not pay for the basics. Save your money for when you actually need help debugging your own mess. What free resources actually worked for you when you were starting out?
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ramirez.vera2d ago
Paid for the same kind of thing once, a guitar course that promised to teach me chords. Same deal. Guy talking at a camera for hours when a 10 minute video would've done it. Feels like a lot of these paid intro courses are just free info with a price tag slapped on.
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