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None. I think that online tech courses are outdated quickly so I prefer to learn by coding every day

You should learn when not to code.

So sayeth we graybeards. But in all seriousness, this is so spot on. After all, the only bug-free code is that which is not written

Re: Ask HN: What are the good online tech courses that you are willing to pay?

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I use Udemy a few times a year. The instructors are terribly under-paid, and the content is typically very high quality but low depth. It's great for picking up a new skill to a useful degree and getting you ready to continue learning more in-depth material elsewhere. Eg, great for learning a technology or programming language, but often not great for advanced features of that language. Whenever you can, use one of t…

+1 for this. I made a short udemy course. It took me about 3 months in my spare time. I have only made $3 so far after 6 months. It is a labor of love to teach.

Re: Ask HN: What are the good online tech courses that you are willing to pay?

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Ardan Labs: Ultimate Go I worked for 3 years as a Go developer before doing this course and I still learned so much from it. Thank you Bill Kennedy, you're a wonderful instructor!

Is this the same ultimate go course that is offered on O'Reilly? https://learning.oreilly.com/videos/ultimate-go-programming/... Hard to tell. I pay for O'Reilly for myself since it covers a lot of my needs (nearly all tech books across publishers, conferences, and courses/videos across some publishers (manning, packt, wiley)). $700 is a steep price to pay for a single go course.

Probably, here is the link to the full bundle https://www.ardanlabs.com/training/ultimate-go/#tabpanel

and this was the course I was talking about https://www.ardanlabs.com/training/ultimate-go/advanced-conc...

Indeed $700 is a steep price(I live in Eastern Europe so it looks even steeper), but for me it worth it as it helped me a lot in interviews which landed me nice paying jobs(by my standards). I don't know how long it would have taken me to learn all those concepts by myself. The value of a good course is that it condenses the time you need to learn something and this course did the job.

There is also Ultimate Go notebook which is just $10[1], the notes from this course. If the course is too expensive I would go with that.

[1] https://www.ardanlabs.com/ultimate-go-notebook/

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I've never done a bad Coursera one. Probably luck but still. Currently working through Colorado Boulders' FPGA for Embedded Systems course. I'd also recommend anything by Harvard/MIT on edX. The MIT Advanced Manufacturing micromasters, as well as the finance one, were fantastic.

Why did you learn so diverse knowledge?

Mostly that I just find learning new things fulfilling.

I want to design accelerators for Fintech applications at some point soon, hence the FPGA and Finance courses. As for the Manufacturing one, in my eyes I need to understand to full breadth of the industrial chain. Perhaps not as deep as obtaining raw materials (mining/chemistry), but understanding how we turn raw materials into useful tools is something that's important no mater what kind of engineer you are.

Re: Ask HN: What are the good online tech courses that you are willing to pay?

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Ardan Labs: Ultimate Go I worked for 3 years as a Go developer before doing this course and I still learned so much from it. Thank you Bill Kennedy, you're a wonderful instructor!

Is this the same ultimate go course that is offered on O'Reilly? https://learning.oreilly.com/videos/ultimate-go-programming/... Hard to tell. I pay for O'Reilly for myself since it covers a lot of my needs (nearly all tech books across publishers, conferences, and courses/videos across some publishers (manning, packt, wiley)). $700 is a steep price to pay for a single go course.

Yes it’s the same course but the course changes and it’s from a few years ago. I’ve explored it through oreilly and with a live workshop and bill Kennedy is amazing in person. High recommend both.
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