Anyone finished the EDX Python course by MIT? I'm starting tomorrow
I completed this course and the follow-up 6.00.2x. This is the best course on introductory python I have seen and got me going when I completed it last summer. It is a time-consuming course, but the problems they give are in depth, well-explained, and organized thoroughly. Some of the questions are HARD, but I think that is better than the opposite of everything being too simplified.
I'm not sure it took me 15 hours per week, but it is a lot of time. The videos alone are several hours each week if I recall correctly. In my view well worth the time, but be ready for some challenging problems.
Also, the course certificate probably isn't necessary. Its easier to put on a resume if you get the certificate, but it doesn't add to the course experience. But if you treat it like a charitable donation, the certificate is worthwhile.
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I signed up for the (free) MIT introduction to computer science in Python course, starting tomorrow. Edx courses can be audited for free, though you need to pay $50 if you want to gain a cert at the end.
Seemed like a good solution for me: very affordable, and I find that I study better knowing there'd be an exam in the end.
Just thought others here might have sat the course and tell a little about the experience as a whole, whether they passed the exam etc. I understand it's more academic than codecademy etc, and that the estimate there suggests that I'd have to spend 15 hours a week on it. I'm a Linux sysadmin with 1.5 year of experience, writing mostly bash scripts on a regular basis. Thoughts? The comments section says it might be more than 15 even.
Thanks.
I completed this course and the follow-up 6.00.2x. This is the best course on introductory python I have seen and got me going when I completed it last summer. It is a time-consuming course, but the problems they give are in depth, well-explained, and organized thoroughly. Some of the questions are HARD, but I think that is better than the opposite of everything being too simplified.
I'm not sure it took me 15 hours per week, but it is a lot of time. The videos alone are several hours each week if I recall correctly. In my view well worth the time, but be ready for some challenging problems.
Also, the course certificate probably isn't necessary. Its easier to put on a resume if you get the certificate, but it doesn't add to the course experience. But if you treat it like a charitable donation, the certificate is worthwhile.
The material is pretty intense, but I went through (most of it) it self-paced, so I really can't say much about the pacing of the course if you're taking it while it's active. I've read that a lot of people take it multiple times both because you take so much from it, but also because of the difficulty.