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Dropped $60 on a coding bootcamp course that was basically YouTube tutorials
Signed up for this "masterclass" on Python last month thinking it would give me some secret edge. Turned out the instructor just read slides from the official Python docs for 8 hours straight. Could have learned the same stuff for free on YouTube in half the time. Anyone else get burned by a paid course that didn't teach anything new?
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oscarb7126d ago
Man, that's rough but honestly not surprising. I've been there too. What exactly was the course called or who was the instructor? I'm curious because there's a big difference between a bootcamp that promises too much and one that actually has good hands on projects. Also, did you try reaching out for a refund or asking them what made their content different from free stuff? In my experience, the good ones at least give you real world problems to solve, not just slides.
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jordan33026d ago
Man, that is exactly what happened to a buddy of mine last year. He dropped 2 grand on some "full stack web dev bootcamp" that was just a guy reading off slides and giving them cookie cutter projects everyone in the class turned in the same thing for. No real feedback, no help when he got stuck on basic stuff, just a Zoom link and a "good luck." He tried to get a refund after the first week and they basically told him to kick rocks because he already accessed the "course materials." The worst part is the free YouTube tutorials he started watching after actually taught him more in a weekend than that whole paid thing did.
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