Ask HN: What's the most useful online course you have watched?

#1

Post by dexxter » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 6:50 PM UTC

Fellow Hackers, I am bored and want to learn something new.

Have you watched any interesting/useful online courses recently on Coursera/Udemy/edX/OpenUniversity/others?

It can be free/paid and I am open to any discipline.

Re: Ask HN: What's the most useful online course you have watched?

#2

Post by ericzawo » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 8:32 PM UTC

Joel Spolsky did a really good one-hour primer on Excel. If you squirm at the thought of spreadsheet anything, this video is for you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nbkaYsR94c

Re: Ask HN: What's the most useful online course you have watched?

#3

Post by colund » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 8:56 PM UTC

I enjoyed Andrew Ng's Machine Learning course on Coursera. Why don't you give it a shot.

Re: Ask HN: What's the most useful online course you have watched?

#4

Post by askldfhjkasfhd » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 9:04 PM UTC

Coursera, learning how to learn.

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#5

Post by unixhero » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 9:13 PM UTC

https://www.udemy.com/an-entire-mba-in-1-courseaward-winning...

Re: Ask HN: What's the most useful online course you have watched?

#6

Post by dkarp » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 9:44 PM UTC

unixhero wrote: post #5

https://www.udemy.com/an-entire-mba-in-1-courseaward-winning...

Do you have any more feedback on this? What did you find most useful from the course?

Re: Ask HN: What's the most useful online course you have watched?

#7

Post by rajathagasthya » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 10:24 PM UTC

Algorithms by Robert Segdewick and Cloud Computing Concepts on Coursera. First is an essential, second is a really good intro into distributed systems.

Re: Ask HN: What's the most useful online course you have watched?

#8

Post by unixhero » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 10:26 PM UTC

dkarp wrote: post #6

unixhero wrote: post #5

https://www.udemy.com/an-entire-mba-in-1-courseaward-winning...

Do you have any more feedback on this? What did you find most useful from the course?

I found this course to embody a lot of the "business insights" that you can learn at an MBA. At the end of the course I felt that it added a lot to my knowledge, and I could instantly stuff I picked up in my current position.

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#9

Post by Zelmor » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 10:52 PM UTC

askldfhjkasfhd wrote: post #4

Coursera, learning how to learn.

This.

Re: Ask HN: What's the most useful online course you have watched?

#10

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 10:54 PM UTC

ericzawo wrote: post #2

Joel Spolsky did a really good one-hour primer on Excel. If you squirm at the thought of spreadsheet anything, this video is for you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nbkaYsR94c

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