Online Learning Platzi (YC W15) Gives You Useful Tech Skills, Not Diplomas
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#3Hey guys, I'm one of the founders of Platzi. We've done classes with RethinkDB, YC partners, Sails.js/Treeline and Product Hunt. They're all free right now and will be for a while.
I'm happy to answer any questions.
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#4I loved the startup class and sails js lectures.
Looking forward to more in the future.
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#5Hey guys, I'm one of the founders of Platzi. We've done classes with RethinkDB, YC partners, Sails.js/Treeline and Product Hunt. They're all free right now and will be for a while. I'm happy to answer any questions.
hey I remember seeing you at noisebridge.net
glad to see the company is doing well.
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#6I wonder if MOOCs will reduce credentialism, or strengthen its grip...
(If I hear "You don't have a phd, you can't be first author on this paper" one more time, I'm getting the shark launcher)
Re: Online Learning Platzi (YC W15) Gives You Useful Tech Skills, Not Diplomas
#7I wonder if MOOCs will reduce credentialism, or strengthen its grip... (If I hear "You don't have a phd, you can't be first author on this paper" one more time, I'm getting the shark launcher)
In the tech industry (design, marketing, programming) we're seeing that companies don't care about credentials when they see an awesome portfolio. Google VP of People Ops said they no longer care about GPAs [1]
On the other hand, one of our students from Spain managed to convince his university to validate one of our courses as credits. So I don't know. But the trend is towards projects > diplomas.
(However, for papers, that's gonna take a while)
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/opinion/sunday/friedman-ho...
Re: Online Learning Platzi (YC W15) Gives You Useful Tech Skills, Not Diplomas
#8I wonder if MOOCs will reduce credentialism, or strengthen its grip... (If I hear "You don't have a phd, you can't be first author on this paper" one more time, I'm getting the shark launcher)
> You don't have a phd, you can't be first author on this paper
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that either you're in a very archaic field or institution, or that your PI is not a nice person. In the US at least, even undergraduates are routinely first authors on papers where they did the majority of work.
Re: Online Learning Platzi (YC W15) Gives You Useful Tech Skills, Not Diplomas
#9Hey guys, I'm one of the founders of Platzi. We've done classes with RethinkDB, YC partners, Sails.js/Treeline and Product Hunt. They're all free right now and will be for a while. I'm happy to answer any questions.
Do you have to pay for any of the classes? TC talks about revenue but when I logged in, it seems everything is free. Am I missing something?
Re: Online Learning Platzi (YC W15) Gives You Useful Tech Skills, Not Diplomas
#10Hey guys, I'm one of the founders of Platzi. We've done classes with RethinkDB, YC partners, Sails.js/Treeline and Product Hunt. They're all free right now and will be for a while. I'm happy to answer any questions.
Any idea when the rethinkdb class will be available? I was tied up last weekend when it came out and would really like to check it out.