I didn't realize they were high jacking content like that. They have compelling marketing in a way with the slip stream ads on YouTube that could certainly suck a person in. I have never personally purchased a course on there.
I heard good things about Team Tree House coding courses. they have a 7 day free trial and was thinking about checking it out. Have you ever had experience with that site?
Team treehouse are the best man! I learned how to code Android apps from them. They're courses are nice and well explained, and personally I really enjoyed the fact that they give you actual projects to work on while you learn through the course. Like you don't just sort numbers or do stuff with no actual purpose. They also have a nice forum and some quizzes for you.
TreeHouse is great, not as many courses but good stuff. Lynda is another great resource. But at this point, there isn't much you can't get off YouTube if you look hard enough.
A good course has the advantage of exposing you to a lot of related things you might never know to search for.
Kevin Markham is great for intro to Machine Learning (he only focuses on SciKit Learn though, but does a lot of Pandas which is a key skill for more advanced DL).
Jeremy Howard does awesome Deep learning videos.
Deep Learning TV has some good intro videos
SentDex does a lot of Deep Learning/Machine Learning.
Siraj does a lot but I highly recommend staying away, he is kind of the black sheep, he is really popular but is all show he really doesn't know much. Most of his code doesn't work and some is stolen.
Forgot to thank you for the reply. Have you created something yourself with machine learning? How does it compare to just basic coding as a developer experience; is it fun? :)
I used to purchase more than 10 courses on Udemy, but some of the content are really bad, which ended up I need to refund it. However, they are really a few great Udemy courses on programming too, with such a low price, you can enrol into a course with lecturer support in Q&A section.
Another issue with Udemy is that some courses are shared on torrent site, which make the content creator life even harder.
There are some great courses, there are one or two instructors I really like on Udemy. But if you purchased 100 courses, it will likely come in at around 2-3 that were worth the time and money.
Humm... Most users go to Udemy for programming courses (I'm guessing, I could be wrong)
Well, that's definitely my case, and unfortunately I can't say I have finished any of the paying course I took so far. It's mainly my fault, lack of time and discipline, even if I didn't give up completely, but it's true that some courses are either too shody or too complex. It's hard to get the right balance. However, I always get answers and help from the creators, which is really helpful.
Some instructors are very good and spend a lot of time answering questions. Many are not and unfortunately ratings are not a good indicator to which is which.
How low and scammy must someone be to get kicked out of Udemy?
And still, we have that one T20 witness.
I never used Video for learning programming, as I find it better to read about it and exercise it by writing stuff myself. Especially if you look just for one part and need to skip/watch a 2 hour long video, where you could have just Crtl-F looked for it..
I have always been wondering to pay for a course at Udemy, but never got the right motivation and the time to shift there. After reading your article I'm quite thankful for the insight. Alone the fact that content is stolen, being marketed as their own and then getting paid for it, is something I wouldn't consider supporting. But although you might not be the first one writing about this issue, it doesn't keep people from going there and purchasing a lesson or two just for the fact that it is cheap and therefore more convenient.
Which is a problem in our society. Just because it's cheap it doesn't mean that it's good, and if it is, theres always some sort of string attached to it, like the content creators or lecturers who don't gat enough for the courses as they would like to.
Thanks for the update!
I must agree with you on this one - Just because it's cheap it doesn't mean that it's good. But in a way Udemy turns this model on it's head - some really good content is sold as cheap and not compensated enough.
I don't know much about udemy, but this downward trend can be seen in plenty industries. Sadly, this usually turns the products in question into trash as well.
Content theft being involved though is the actual low blow I see regarding this topic. There are a lot of grey areas and loopholes that thieves can use and abuse which makes content creating quite risky at times.
I am not big on these online training markets and not all operate the same I believe, but are there really no better alternatives than udemy? I heard skill share is decent.
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It's really disappointing after paying a hard earned money, you discover you willingly give robbers your money. It's not only Udemy that do scam this way
The proper way of doing that is filing a DMCA to have it removed. Unfortunately, they make it very difficult and this happens a lot for popular content developers. Their response is "Why don't you put your content on Udemy for free" as the solution to prevent it from happening.
They drag you into their ecosystem one way or another.
wow i wish we could use such tactics to drag users into steem!
Or maybe we don't have to... maybe we can teach people better than Udemy and have asteem condenser learning front end where peopel just upload videos dtube style butf or learnin
bmaybe we just use dlive or dtube and do live lectures for learnin
can we do mass mearnin just usin dtueb and dlive? woudlknt bit be cool to jsut replace udemy with steem?
"Why don't you put your content on Steem for Free and possibly earn steempower/SBD rewards for it?
I didn't realize they were high jacking content like that. They have compelling marketing in a way with the slip stream ads on YouTube that could certainly suck a person in. I have never personally purchased a course on there.
I heard good things about Team Tree House coding courses. they have a 7 day free trial and was thinking about checking it out. Have you ever had experience with that site?
https://teamtreehouse.com/
Team treehouse are the best man! I learned how to code Android apps from them. They're courses are nice and well explained, and personally I really enjoyed the fact that they give you actual projects to work on while you learn through the course. Like you don't just sort numbers or do stuff with no actual purpose. They also have a nice forum and some quizzes for you.
That is good to hear! I will certainly have to check out the free trial with them.
TreeHouse is great, not as many courses but good stuff. Lynda is another great resource. But at this point, there isn't much you can't get off YouTube if you look hard enough.
A good course has the advantage of exposing you to a lot of related things you might never know to search for.
Do you have any other great youtubers in mind that create great educating material about coding, neural networks or machine learning?
Yeah, there are a lot.
Kevin Markham is great for intro to Machine Learning (he only focuses on SciKit Learn though, but does a lot of Pandas which is a key skill for more advanced DL).
Jeremy Howard does awesome Deep learning videos.
Deep Learning TV has some good intro videos
SentDex does a lot of Deep Learning/Machine Learning.
Siraj does a lot but I highly recommend staying away, he is kind of the black sheep, he is really popular but is all show he really doesn't know much. Most of his code doesn't work and some is stolen.
Forgot to thank you for the reply. Have you created something yourself with machine learning? How does it compare to just basic coding as a developer experience; is it fun? :)
Yes, I played a lot with Machine and Deep learning, it is a blast. A lot too it, but you can solve some interesting problems not before possible.
Thanks, that's the final push I needed :)
Ok sir
I used to purchase more than 10 courses on Udemy, but some of the content are really bad, which ended up I need to refund it. However, they are really a few great Udemy courses on programming too, with such a low price, you can enrol into a course with lecturer support in Q&A section.
Another issue with Udemy is that some courses are shared on torrent site, which make the content creator life even harder.
Hmm, do you imply that free course sites like Sololearn are better off?
There are some great courses, there are one or two instructors I really like on Udemy. But if you purchased 100 courses, it will likely come in at around 2-3 that were worth the time and money.
Yes you are right
wow,i thought i was the only one that noticed it, some persons i know get udemy paid courses free .
I found my course on torrents too haha. Not much Udemy can do about it, take one down, it pops up somewhere else.
Humm... Most users go to Udemy for programming courses (I'm guessing, I could be wrong)
Well, that's definitely my case, and unfortunately I can't say I have finished any of the paying course I took so far. It's mainly my fault, lack of time and discipline, even if I didn't give up completely, but it's true that some courses are either too shody or too complex. It's hard to get the right balance. However, I always get answers and help from the creators, which is really helpful.
Seems a tough business for them though :-/
Some instructors are very good and spend a lot of time answering questions. Many are not and unfortunately ratings are not a good indicator to which is which.
How low and scammy must someone be to get kicked out of Udemy?
And still, we have that one T20 witness.
I never used Video for learning programming, as I find it better to read about it and exercise it by writing stuff myself. Especially if you look just for one part and need to skip/watch a 2 hour long video, where you could have just Crtl-F looked for it..
LOL Jerry Scamfield. (Names were changed to protect the not so innocent).
I used to be a big fan of reading books, but I like videos a lot. It is more time consuming though but books are generally out of date these days.
Me to @isnochys. I think reading and practicing is more understandable than watching video. Sometimes accent do mislead teaching.
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I have always been wondering to pay for a course at Udemy, but never got the right motivation and the time to shift there. After reading your article I'm quite thankful for the insight. Alone the fact that content is stolen, being marketed as their own and then getting paid for it, is something I wouldn't consider supporting. But although you might not be the first one writing about this issue, it doesn't keep people from going there and purchasing a lesson or two just for the fact that it is cheap and therefore more convenient.
Which is a problem in our society. Just because it's cheap it doesn't mean that it's good, and if it is, theres always some sort of string attached to it, like the content creators or lecturers who don't gat enough for the courses as they would like to.
Thanks for the update!
I must agree with you on this one - Just because it's cheap it doesn't mean that it's good. But in a way Udemy turns this model on it's head - some really good content is sold as cheap and not compensated enough.
I don't know much about udemy, but this downward trend can be seen in plenty industries. Sadly, this usually turns the products in question into trash as well.
Content theft being involved though is the actual low blow I see regarding this topic. There are a lot of grey areas and loopholes that thieves can use and abuse which makes content creating quite risky at times.
I am not big on these online training markets and not all operate the same I believe, but are there really no better alternatives than udemy? I heard skill share is decent.
great post , I agree . its bullshit how the content creator always gets robbed, BTW Firefly was a great show
Actually all these online course is for 10$ but they showing just to attract people to join fast and give discount rubish
Hi! Friends
I am Jitendra Gautam
If you want to earn huge money from steemit.
If you not able to write a unique catchy content then I have an offer for you I will write 10 posts for you, in return you have to give 1 steam dollar
and write all the posts in 5 hours. If you want to check my posts then @jkgautam and If you want that I will write posts for you then contact me at [email protected]
It's really disappointing after paying a hard earned money, you discover you willingly give robbers your money. It's not only Udemy that do scam this way
great post, I have used Udemy before, but like their Blockchain counterpart BitDegree better.
Heres Adult Swims comical take on For Profit Online University lol
"Ive got two businesses that compete with each other"
XD :D
WOW the comments about Bots fit well on steem!
You are able to run a node with a little research so that using the right tools, you have to work hard in the witness position..
Thanks ;)
Can't SentDex ask udemy to license his course specifically to be viewed on youtube and no where else, wouldn't that solve his content theft issue?
The proper way of doing that is filing a DMCA to have it removed. Unfortunately, they make it very difficult and this happens a lot for popular content developers. Their response is "Why don't you put your content on Udemy for free" as the solution to prevent it from happening.
They drag you into their ecosystem one way or another.
wow i wish we could use such tactics to drag users into steem!
Or maybe we don't have to... maybe we can teach people better than Udemy and have asteem condenser learning front end where peopel just upload videos dtube style butf or learnin
bmaybe we just use dlive or dtube and do live lectures for learnin
can we do mass mearnin just usin dtueb and dlive? woudlknt bit be cool to jsut replace udemy with steem?
"Why don't you put your content on Steem for Free and possibly earn steempower/SBD rewards for it?