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PSA: Blew $80 on a premium HTML course that was basically free YouTube content
Bought this 'masterclass' on sale for $80 thinking it would be some secret sauce for building sites, but it was just the same flexbox tutorials I could've watched for free. Has anyone else gotten burned by overhyped coding courses that promise too much?
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sarah19815d ago
Right? Nothing like paying to learn what a 20 minute YouTube video could have taught you for the price of an ad or two. I swear these course creators just rebrand the same old tutorials and slap a "masterclass" sticker on it to make us feel special. You basically bought a really expensive bookmark for all those free resources out there. At least you only lost $80 and not like the $500 I dropped on a "pro" course one time that literally started with "what is a div." Hopefully the refund policy is better than the content quality.
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dixon.amy15d ago
Oh for sure, @sarah198, I feel this so hard. I dropped $300 once on a "bootcamp" for web design and the first module was literally "what is a browser." I could have learned that from my grandma. It's like they pad the whole thing with fluff to make it feel like you're getting your money's worth, but really it's just a drawn out ad for the stuff you can find for free on YouTube. I agree, it's basically a fancy bookmark for all the tutorials you'd find anyway. The worst part is when you realize too late and the refund window has already slammed shut. At least you got burned for less than I did, so small victories, right? Have you found any actual good courses since then, or are you just sticking to free stuff now?
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