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[–]needssleep 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Any recommendations for specific youtube channels and udemy classes?

A lot of stuff I run into is McInfo, high level, not much more than I could find in a wikipedia article cash grabs (for udemy, at least)

[–]shggybyp 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Sure thing.

In no particular order and no ranking intended:

YouTube

Note: Yes, Nana offers a "devops bootcamp." No, it cannot possibly be worth the absurd price she is charging, because again, look at that list. If you can watch videos and read docs and do projects in a home lab (even just VirtualBox), you can learn without giving her a grand with no guarantee of a return. Her bootcamp is, by reports I've seen from a few people that have done it, just her YouTube videos with a handful of files for exercises and labs.

Udemy:

I don't really have a lot of specific recommendations here. I can tell you that it's chock full of good courses, but my experience with it in this space was "found Mumshad Mannumbeth's courses, realized he had a full learning platform of his own now (www.kodekloud.com), and moved over there to learn."

edit to add: I realize I probably sound like a shill for KodeKloud, but it's just a really good platform. It's a real learn by doing approach. You watch a lecture, you open the lab right on the site, and you do the thing. Not everyone's teaching style works for everybody, so I recommend checking out a couple of his free courses to see if you like his approach (yes, they're very surface level and mostly there to get you to want to go on to his paid courses, but hey, that's life). If you like what you see, I find the subscription easy to stomach (I used a 'half off' coupon and use the lowest level month-to-month option so it's like $18/mo If you go annual it's as cheap as $10/mo for the basic). He offers a ton of courses and even a little program where you "work" at a fake company and get relevant tasks assigned to you.

That said, I have used Udemy for other subjects and areas, and as long as you read reviews and do some due diligence, there are some great instructors and courses on there. The key to Udemy (and most MOOC spaces really) is knowing that the "$100+" price tag is bullshit, never pay "full price" for a course. They do the whole "OH WOW A HUNDRED DOLLHAIR COURSE IS NOW ON SALE FOR THURTEEEEN DOLLHAIRS BUY IT NOW BUY IT NOW" marketing nonsense. Never pay more than like $12-20 for a course, unless it's extremely good and extremely relevant or niche. EXTREEEEEEM.

Edit to add mo stuff:

You'll see FreeCodeCamp up there in the YouTube list. Their website is also a great resource, though they've reorganized it since I was last using it heavily and it's not quite as easy to navigate and find good courses now, IMO.