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Comment on Is anyone here taking online courses e.g. Udacity, Coursera, Udemy, EdX, etc.? What do you think of them? in ~tech
Jbopre LinkI've tried learning for free off of youtube for various programming languages, but most of the time if not all the time. Whoever's running a series of tutorials just suddenly stops midway. So I...I've tried learning for free off of youtube for various programming languages, but most of the time if not all the time. Whoever's running a series of tutorials just suddenly stops midway. So I end up going to another person for those tutorials and then they teach it in a different order and even then they also stop.
I end up picking up Udemy for certain topics that I can't rely on youtube for like programming. It's ok. Some courses are really terrible though. You don't even need to be a professional to teach on Udemy which is it's biggest downside. That being said, there is a 30 day refund period. So if you think the person has no inclination about how things work then I'd say do get a refund and look elsewhere.
Generally, the ones you want have a lot of users on the same course, with a certified professional and with lots of hours. This mix doesn't always work for some topics though.
I've tried the other types like Edx and such, but their relevant courses to me had me use really obtuse programs or I couldn't understand the lecturers English and there were no subtitles.
I'd say if something's a full course for free, try that over youtube. If you have problems with them, move onto a paid course.
Also on Udemy. ALWAYS wait for sales. Lots of courses without sales will cost 200 euro or such, but with sales they can be as low as 10.
Also while we're on this topic, that really advertised site brilliant.org is really terrible for actually teaching anything useful. So avoid there.
Listened to some Weather Storm by Craig Armstrong. Really hits the mood for rainy weather.
Also quite a lot of Jesper Kyd tracks were removed from Spotify recently, so I had to end up making do with old youtube videos of some of my favourite songs. This track from an old Hitman game and This track from Borderlands 1.