Wasted $200 on a bootcamp that just read documentation to me

I dropped $200 on a "Python for beginners" bootcamp last month and it was literally just the instructor reading the official Python docs out loud for 6 hours. No projects, no exercises, nothing hands-on. I could have learned more from a free YouTube series in half the time. Has anyone else gotten burned by one of these overpriced intro courses?

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sage_ramirez4224d ago

lol that's just paying $200 for someone to hold your hand while you read. Even the free YouTube tutorials at least pretend to teach you something.

ray36324d ago

Youre missing the point entirely @sage_ramirez42. That $200 is paying for structure and motivation, not just the reading part. Most people who buy those courses finish the book and actually apply it. Watch ten YouTube tutorials and youll get ten different opinions that confuse you more than help. The course forces you to sit down and do the work instead of scrolling through comments for an hour. Plus theres a huge difference between someone explaining a concept in 10 minutes versus someone who designed a full roadmap around it. You get what you pay for with learning materials, simple as that.