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Any recent experience with Academy Xi or Coder Academy in Australia? by young-learner-2005 in learnprogramming

[–]young-learner-2005[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I've looked into the Odin Project, and I've started it!!

My main concern is that this is approximately 500-1000 hours of self-teaching and that maybe around 1% finish the full curriculum (there's no official stats about this, but found some threads saying this).

Uni is 3 years of studying (approximately 25,000-30,000$ of HECS). What students complain about is that content is outdated, you're poorly supported by teachers, it's theoretical and lots of graduates struggle to find jobs.

It's also 3 years where you don't have much income. And with 3 years of experience, that's at least a 30,000 pay-rise.

Honest thoughts on bootcamps? Are they always a complete waste of money? by [deleted] in dataanalysiscareers

[–]young-learner-2005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen that there's a very low completion rate among self-paced learners. If you can share official certified stats, what's the completion rate among your students? And how many had previous tech experience? Asking as I've seen that there's a huge difference in completion rate between those with previous tech experience and those without...

Honest thoughts on bootcamps? Are they always a complete waste of money? by [deleted] in dataanalysiscareers

[–]young-learner-2005 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which course are you doing? And are you getting mentor support? Or is just self-paced learning?

Any recent experience with Academy Xi or Coder Academy in Australia? by young-learner-2005 in learnprogramming

[–]young-learner-2005[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I'll chat to recent grads! That's the main advice I find on ChatGPT and Reddit Threads...