I've been in IT doing systems and network support since the mid-90s. I've always been interested in coding and development and have recently started to go down that learning path.
I've seen this brought up repeatedly regarding Udemy. I feel a lot of people don't give it a fair shake because of exactly that reason. Like you said, it's a marketplace. You need to look for classes that are well reviewed as well as recently updated with an engaged instructor. It's easy to "find gold in them thar hills", but it certainly will never just fall in your lap.
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I've seen this brought up repeatedly regarding Udemy. I feel a lot of people don't give it a fair shake because of exactly that reason. Like you said, it's a marketplace. You need to look for classes that are well reviewed as well as recently updated with an engaged instructor. It's easy to "find gold in them thar hills", but it certainly will never just fall in your lap.