I bought a $200 Python bootcamp and it was a total waste

I saw an ad for a 'guaranteed job' course from CodeCrash and signed up last spring. The videos were just reading slides, and the projects were copy-paste stuff with no real help. I learned more from free stuff on YouTube in a week than that whole course. Anyone know a good free resource for building actual projects?

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hugo_hayes1mo ago

That CodeCrash thing you mentioned sounds exactly like the $250 course I fell for called "ByteWise Academy." The instructor literally used slides from a 2018 presentation and sped through the code so fast you couldn't follow along. I ended up ditching it after week two and just building a simple to-do list app from a YouTube tutorial instead. Free stuff honestly forced me to figure out problems on my own which stuck way better than copy-pasting someone else's work. What kind of projects are you looking to build first?

aaron_gonzalez2mo ago

But you got structure, which free stuff never gives.

abby_chen2mo ago

Structure can totally come from free things too, like a public library schedule or a free online course. Those have clear plans and goals without costing money. Saying free stuff lacks structure just isn't true anymore.