Udacity

Attending this program was really fun. The topics of Android Development was new to me.

Pros:
- Everything was explained in such a way that anyone could understand it.
- The proportion of theory, quizzes and projects is very good.
- The community was very... Read More active.
- Fast paced learning for me: I was able to build a simple app in 3 months starting from no programming knowledge.
- I received a scholarship for learning the topic, which was awesome and rewarding.

Cons:
- Slack was one of the platforms used for interacting with other learners or teachers, besides the forum. I am really not a fan of Slack, I find it very annoying and messy.
- Other con is that the mentor wasn‘t there for chatting in real-time, partly because of the time difference. Most of the time I found the solutions before the mentor responded.

It is astonishing how much you can learn in a short period of time if you have such a great tool like Udacity.

Thank you for this great opportunity!

I have recently finished the Android Developer Nanodegree by Udacity (in August 2019) and I can honestly say that it was the best online course I have finished so far (and there has been quite a few). This one offers a great quality learning materials... Read More - mostly video but also links to related content.
The whole course is divided into 15 parts: 1 welcome lesson that is about the course in general, 6 episodes of a mini series created by Udacity, 6 lessons that cover the best practises of Android programming, 1 lesson focused on the capstopne project and 1 lesson - career support.
Few words about the programming lessons: each lesson consists of videos, after few of them there's a qiuz to check your understanding of the subject - I found it very useful because sometimes even if you think that you understand a topic the quiz may prove you wrong, it's a good way to try yourself. Once you finish a lesson there's a project to create - the best part is that the code you've written is checked by real programmer. Then you can read the programmer's comments on your code and see what parts should be improved - I liked that the most.
At the end of the course you can work on your resume and have the access to grear career support materials - even in this part you can use mentors' guidance to benefit the most at the end of the course and get the dream job.

I really enjoyed doing the python nanodegree program. I got a good over view of python. Now I can confidently tell people that I know python. I really loved the hands on assignments. But I would have appreciate it more if they would had more classes,projects... Read More and assignments on importing different in built functions or packages and utilizing them to automate some day to day work.

I had a problem when enrolling to the course, the customer service agent cancelled my enrolment by mistake. And after 48 hrs. I have not received any support. The only thing I had been told is that I would probably receive my money within 7 to 14 days!... Read More In the meantime I cannot access the course neither my money.

Learning at Udacity was one of the greatest e-learning experiences I've ever had.
I've attended the Android Nanodegree in Udacity to improve and strengthen my knowledge in Android Development and it was really worth it, I've learned a lot of new things... Read More and It helped me understand hard topics easily.
The instructors where highly qualified and very experts in Android Development and the content was very useful and well organized.
The Nanodegree helped me to improve my professional skills and getting great opportunities.
I advise everyone who's searching for a career path course to consider Udacity Nanodegrees.

I found the flexibility around current work to be very useful- I often found myself thinking about the next challenge while at work and when I got home I could apply the thoughts to my project.

The video based instruction is also very nice for visual learners... Read More or audio learners as there is plenty of content for both.

The flexible deadlines are very useful when you lead a busy lifestyle.

The only main con I can really think of right now is that it is a highly self motivated style learning environment, you wont really have anyone holding your hand so if you do it, make sure you are passionate and are willing to put in the time.

Jack

I am currently enrolled in the Intro to machine learning course. Currently we are learning how to use decision trees to predict states within the supervised learning module. PROS: Overall I am satisfied with the course, I feel that the price of the course... Read More was on par with the level of education I am currently receiving. The classes are not boring, the instructors definitely know how to liven up what can sometimes be boring material. CONS: It's online so it is hard to stay focused sometimes The main reason I went with Udacity is because when I was reading the course syllabus I liked that the goal of the course was to teach the curriculum as well as create a job-ready portfolio of projects . I thought this was very valuable to take to an interview. You can find the course syllabus for a course you are interested in here: https://bit.ly/2KtWQCN

I had no prior knowledge or experience in IT and I do strongly believe, that joining Udacity Schollarship and earning Nanodegree Program after that, was one of the best way to start and truly life-changing experience that gave me power and made me belive... Read More that I can change my career path for something that I enjoy so much, even at the point when you have finished your studies a while ago and had years of experience in other positions. Why this program was special? Technology waters are wide, deep and can be overhelming, especially at the beginning of your journey. But sailing through them with other people, with all possible backgrounds was just great. The power of social support provided by participantcs was like opening big jar of positive energy each time I logged in Slack chanel or headed to decicated forum. It heleped me belive in myself also - even I was a beginner, I found out that there is always someone 2-3 chapters behind me, and I can help them. Also - for the same reasons , once you stuck somewhere - there was also someone ahead who could give you helping hand. Material was well prepared and had various types of tasks to help you see your progress. The best part about them was that they used a lot of knowledge introdued in sections/chapters but also require a lot of figuring things out of your own - to help you mimic the natural workflow. I would recommend Udacity courses and programs to anyone that wants to try IT out, even just for fun, in a place where you are never left alone, but still encouraging your own progress :)

It was an amazing course and really i was not sure where to start from but udacity's well structured course made it easy and by the end of the session i had good grasp on existing platform for AI and ML. I highly recommend this course if anyone want to... Read More start AI journey.