1. "It looks worth it for $40." In response to Reply # 0
TLDR: @ $40, it's worth it. I say fuck the certificate -- I interview for development roles and I would interpret this certificate on a resume as a signal saying "I took a Python class" and nothing more
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>you get lifetime access to the course, (3 hrs) and 28 lessons >but the certification of completion is conspicuously not >included.
I have a bachelors in computer science so my opinion here is biased, but I don't think the lack of a certificate here matters. If I interviewed a candidate who only had these online certificates and no degree, I would probably grill them extra hard to make sure they learned enough of the fundamentals that I'd expect from a bachelors/masters/etc.
What really matters is the skills. If I see you took this Python course I wanna know that you know Python well enough.
>if I took this, what could I do with this 'knowledge'?
Looking at the 'What's Included', you get introduced to a lot of areas: image processing, internet-of-things stuff (raspberry PI), data viz, machine learning. And I'm sure there's some web app stuff in there too since Python has big industry use there. So those are all shallow intros that map roughly to certain gigs you could shoot for: Data Scientist, associate Software Engineer, entry-level stuff.
It would also let you build apps on your own hobby time. You could think of an idea and rely on only yourself to make it real, and learn a shit ton more Python/programming in the process.
4. "I wouldn't worry about the certificate and just do it for the knowledge...." In response to Reply # 0
there are a lot of online courses that I'll take just to get a basics and build on it later by practicing on my own or applying it to a current project. For $39 you really can't go wrong.
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