Vent: wasted $200 on that "learn Python in 30 days" course

Bought this online course last month that promised to teach me Python from scratch in a month. It was just a guy reading slides for 20 hours with zero practical exercises. I got through week two before I realized I could have learned the same stuff for free on YouTube. Anyone else get burned by a hyped up coding course?

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3 Comments

keith27417d ago

Zero practical exercises" is fair, but some people learn fine from just reading slides if they actually code on their own.

amyh1217d agoMost Upvoted

My last job paid for a $500 "leadership course" that was literally just a guy telling us to "sync calendars better" for 8 hours. Slides are fine for some people but it feels like most of these paid courses are just recycling free blog posts with a price tag slapped on.

singh.harper17d ago

nah i gotta disagree with @keith274 here, 200 bucks for a guy reading slides is a scam and you can get way better structured free stuff on yt or even the official python docs.