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Ask HN: What are the good online tech courses that you are willing to pay?

36 points by dev_0 4y ago

Cantril seems good but expensive...Pluralsight?

tempxyz 4y ago
I'm taking one of Meta's certification courses on Coursera right now.
- throwaway19423 4y ago
  Which one if u don't mind sharing? I also signed up for coursera and looking for good ones to do.
- amirbehzad 4y ago
aslak 4y ago
None, excluding certifications (AWS, Google, etc.)
anon2020dot00 4y ago
Execute Program https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32332259 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32332259
- dev_0 4y ago
  How is this compare to Frontend Masters?
barbariangrunge 4y ago
I use Udemy a few times a year. The instructors are terribly under-paid, and the content is typically very high quality but low depth. It's great for picking up a new skill to a useful degree and getting you ready to continue learning more in-depth material elsewhere. Eg, great for learning a technology or programming language, but often not great for advanced features of that language. Whenever you can, use one of the instructors coupon codes prior to buying a course, otherwise the instructors only get about 27% of the money [1] (or less if it's on mobile due to app stores), which is why I decided to not make a game-programming course a couple of years ago. [1] https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229605008-Instructor-Revenue-Share https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229605008-Instru...
- tmaly 4y ago
  +1 for this. I made a short udemy course. It took me about 3 months in my spare time. I have only made $3 so far after 6 months. It is a labor of love to teach.
Aromasin 4y ago
I've never done a bad Coursera one. Probably luck but still. Currently working through Colorado Boulders' FPGA for Embedded Systems course. I'd also recommend anything by Harvard/MIT on edX. The MIT Advanced Manufacturing micromasters, as well as the finance one, were fantastic.
- dev_0 4y ago
  Why did you learn so diverse knowledge?
  - TheStagHeart 4y ago
    I learn loads of stuff just for fun. Its super interesting to learn detailed specifics of topics, especially knowing you're never going to be tested on it.
    - dr_sach 4y ago
      +1
    - deleted 4y ago
      [deleted]
  - Aromasin 4y ago
    Mostly that I just find learning new things fulfilling. I want to design accelerators for Fintech applications at some point soon, hence the FPGA and Finance courses. As for the Manufacturing one, in my eyes I need to understand to full breadth of the industrial chain. Perhaps not as deep as obtaining raw materials (mining/chemistry), but understanding how we turn raw materials into useful tools is something that's important no mater what kind of engineer you are.
zuzuleinen 4y ago
Ardan Labs: Ultimate Go I worked for 3 years as a Go developer before doing this course and I still learned so much from it. Thank you Bill Kennedy, you're a wonderful instructor!
- azemetre 4y ago
  Is this the same ultimate go course that is offered on O'Reilly? https://learning.oreilly.com/videos/ultimate-go-programming/9780135261651/ https://learning.oreilly.com/videos/ultimate-go-programming/... Hard to tell. I pay for O'Reilly for myself since it covers a lot of my needs (nearly all tech books across publishers, conferences, and courses/videos across some publishers (manning, packt, wiley)). $700 is a steep price to pay for a single go course.
  - zuzuleinen 4y ago
    Probably, here is the link to the full bundle https://www.ardanlabs.com/training/ultimate-go/#tabpanel https://www.ardanlabs.com/training/ultimate-go/#tabpanel and this was the course I was talking about https://www.ardanlabs.com/training/ultimate-go/advanced-concepts/ https://www.ardanlabs.com/training/ultimate-go/advanced-conc... Indeed $700 is a steep price(I live in Eastern Europe so it looks even steeper), but for me it worth it as it helped me a lot in interviews which landed me nice paying jobs(by my standards). I don't know how long it would have taken me to learn all those concepts by myself. The value of a good course is that it condenses the time you need to learn something and this course did the job. There is also Ultimate Go notebook which is just $10[1], the notes from this course. If the course is too expensive I would go with that. [1] https://www.ardanlabs.com/ultimate-go-notebook/ https://www.ardanlabs.com/ultimate-go-notebook/
  - artificial 4y ago
    Yes it’s the same course but the course changes and it’s from a few years ago. I’ve explored it through oreilly and with a live workshop and bill Kennedy is amazing in person. High recommend both.
michaelcao 4y ago
None. I think that online tech courses are outdated quickly so I prefer to learn by coding every day
- collyw 4y ago
  You should learn when not to code.
  - welcome_dragon 4y ago
    So sayeth we graybeards. But in all seriousness, this is so spot on. After all, the only bug-free code is that which is not written
diehell 4y ago
https://www.oreilly.com/ https://www.oreilly.com/ learning seems to be good and diverse, although the price are a bit steep where I'm from currency conversion-wise.
dr_sach 4y ago
Introduction to Computational Thinking https://computationalthinking.mit.edu/ https://computationalthinking.mit.edu/ Decision Making Under Uncertainty https://juliaacademy.com/p/decision-making-under-uncertainty-with-pomdps-jl https://juliaacademy.com/p/decision-making-under-uncertainty...
omarhaneef 4y ago
At this point I am basically an unpaid shill for this company but: Udacity While courses from Coursera and EdX are also excellent, Udacity consistently makes me work hard and actually expend the energy to understand non-trivial tech.
oumua_don17 4y ago
Any of David Bezley courses [1] [1] https://www.dabeaz.com/courses.html https://www.dabeaz.com/courses.html

36 points by dev_0 4y ago

Cantril seems good but expensive...Pluralsight?

tempxyz 4y ago

I'm taking one of Meta's certification courses on Coursera right now.

throwaway19423 4y ago
Which one if u don't mind sharing? I also signed up for coursera and looking for good ones to do.
amirbehzad 4y ago

aslak 4y ago

None, excluding certifications (AWS, Google, etc.)

anon2020dot00 4y ago

Execute Program https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32332259 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32332259

dev_0 4y ago
How is this compare to Frontend Masters?

barbariangrunge 4y ago

I use Udemy a few times a year. The instructors are terribly under-paid, and the content is typically very high quality but low depth. It's great for picking up a new skill to a useful degree and getting you ready to continue learning more in-depth material elsewhere. Eg, great for learning a technology or programming language, but often not great for advanced features of that language. Whenever you can, use one of the instructors coupon codes prior to buying a course, otherwise the instructors only get about 27% of the money [1] (or less if it's on mobile due to app stores), which is why I decided to not make a game-programming course a couple of years ago. [1] https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229605008-Instructor-Revenue-Share https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229605008-Instru...

tmaly 4y ago
+1 for this. I made a short udemy course. It took me about 3 months in my spare time. I have only made $3 so far after 6 months. It is a labor of love to teach.

Aromasin 4y ago

I've never done a bad Coursera one. Probably luck but still. Currently working through Colorado Boulders' FPGA for Embedded Systems course. I'd also recommend anything by Harvard/MIT on edX. The MIT Advanced Manufacturing micromasters, as well as the finance one, were fantastic.

dev_0 4y ago
Why did you learn so diverse knowledge?
- TheStagHeart 4y ago
  I learn loads of stuff just for fun. Its super interesting to learn detailed specifics of topics, especially knowing you're never going to be tested on it.
  - dr_sach 4y ago
    +1
  - deleted 4y ago
    [deleted]
- Aromasin 4y ago
  Mostly that I just find learning new things fulfilling. I want to design accelerators for Fintech applications at some point soon, hence the FPGA and Finance courses. As for the Manufacturing one, in my eyes I need to understand to full breadth of the industrial chain. Perhaps not as deep as obtaining raw materials (mining/chemistry), but understanding how we turn raw materials into useful tools is something that's important no mater what kind of engineer you are.

zuzuleinen 4y ago

Ardan Labs: Ultimate Go I worked for 3 years as a Go developer before doing this course and I still learned so much from it. Thank you Bill Kennedy, you're a wonderful instructor!

azemetre 4y ago
Is this the same ultimate go course that is offered on O'Reilly? https://learning.oreilly.com/videos/ultimate-go-programming/9780135261651/ https://learning.oreilly.com/videos/ultimate-go-programming/... Hard to tell. I pay for O'Reilly for myself since it covers a lot of my needs (nearly all tech books across publishers, conferences, and courses/videos across some publishers (manning, packt, wiley)). $700 is a steep price to pay for a single go course.
- zuzuleinen 4y ago
  Probably, here is the link to the full bundle https://www.ardanlabs.com/training/ultimate-go/#tabpanel https://www.ardanlabs.com/training/ultimate-go/#tabpanel and this was the course I was talking about https://www.ardanlabs.com/training/ultimate-go/advanced-concepts/ https://www.ardanlabs.com/training/ultimate-go/advanced-conc... Indeed $700 is a steep price(I live in Eastern Europe so it looks even steeper), but for me it worth it as it helped me a lot in interviews which landed me nice paying jobs(by my standards). I don't know how long it would have taken me to learn all those concepts by myself. The value of a good course is that it condenses the time you need to learn something and this course did the job. There is also Ultimate Go notebook which is just $10[1], the notes from this course. If the course is too expensive I would go with that. [1] https://www.ardanlabs.com/ultimate-go-notebook/ https://www.ardanlabs.com/ultimate-go-notebook/
- artificial 4y ago
  Yes it’s the same course but the course changes and it’s from a few years ago. I’ve explored it through oreilly and with a live workshop and bill Kennedy is amazing in person. High recommend both.

michaelcao 4y ago

None. I think that online tech courses are outdated quickly so I prefer to learn by coding every day

collyw 4y ago
You should learn when not to code.
- welcome_dragon 4y ago
  So sayeth we graybeards. But in all seriousness, this is so spot on. After all, the only bug-free code is that which is not written

diehell 4y ago

https://www.oreilly.com/ https://www.oreilly.com/ learning seems to be good and diverse, although the price are a bit steep where I'm from currency conversion-wise.

dr_sach 4y ago

Introduction to Computational Thinking https://computationalthinking.mit.edu/ https://computationalthinking.mit.edu/ Decision Making Under Uncertainty https://juliaacademy.com/p/decision-making-under-uncertainty-with-pomdps-jl https://juliaacademy.com/p/decision-making-under-uncertainty...

omarhaneef 4y ago

At this point I am basically an unpaid shill for this company but: Udacity While courses from Coursera and EdX are also excellent, Udacity consistently makes me work hard and actually expend the energy to understand non-trivial tech.

oumua_don17 4y ago

Any of David Bezley courses [1] [1] https://www.dabeaz.com/courses.html https://www.dabeaz.com/courses.html