The newer courses seriously lacking any tangible depth or usefulness Interesting. I have to admit that I didn't participate in one of the newer coures yet. Sure, good ideas != good execution.
I like Udacity's new focus on courses designed by companies. Traditional education is far too detached from what is required in industry, and has trouble keeping up with the pace of innovation.
Selling something may not create value, but it does realize it. I like PG's distinction of wealth (i.e. value) and money: http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html So, while selling realizes a monetary gain, it does not…
Teaching myself, I found the following resources helpful: * Michael Hartl's Rails Tutorial: http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ * Steve Huffman's Web Development Class: https://www.udacity.com/course/cs253 * Balaji…
The newer courses seriously lacking any tangible depth or usefulness Interesting. I have to admit that I didn't participate in one of the newer coures yet. Sure, good ideas != good execution.
I like Udacity's new focus on courses designed by companies. Traditional education is far too detached from what is required in industry, and has trouble keeping up with the pace of innovation.
Selling something may not create value, but it does realize it. I like PG's distinction of wealth (i.e. value) and money: http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html So, while selling realizes a monetary gain, it does not…
Teaching myself, I found the following resources helpful: * Michael Hartl's Rails Tutorial: http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ * Steve Huffman's Web Development Class: https://www.udacity.com/course/cs253 * Balaji…