I can't stop the urge to buy Udemy courses. Help!! If I don't stop, I go broke cause I'm still aiming for a job.

Here someone interested in Udemy courses. I see lots of interesting topics and I would like to study some of them. Do you find them useful? Would you say they are somehow comparable to a "university course" or they just give you a bunch of basic insights on the matter?

@AlexDeLarge @nikolatesla

Could you list a few that were particularly interesting/helpful to you?

I'm aiming to spend a week soon at the side of a lake or something, just sitting in the sun watching courses and doing tutorials.

edx is starting a Intro to Computer Science using Python from MIT in 4 days, no cost unless you want a certificate.

@AlexDeLarge Anything language/architecture related that's not too much "build a bootstrap website using blah framework" — something useful for improving skills in multiple languages.

Language wise I'm considering doing some Go, Scala, Rust or Elixir courses.

Maybe I'd do the Java course just to torture myself a little.

I can stand the piss poor quality of those courses, getting them for free would be paying too much.

@Balzy If you're looking for university course type, I believe Udacity is offering what they call "Nanodegree". :) Harvard's CS50 on edX is good for that too and the course is free, but if you want to receive a certificate, it would cost around $90. I stopped CS50 because it takes so much time and might not be worth it. I already have a bachelor's degree. But I'll definitely come back there some other time.

@nikolatesla Degrees are worthless, but knowledge is power.

There's a real need to learn new things, either through online courses, documentation, personal projects, whatever works for you.

@bittersweet true, but as a college student I've learnt that a professional and motivated professor is much better when you are studying something new and need to be introduced to the subject.
Yes, you can still learn from textbooks, papers, trying yourself different stuff... but it takes time and lots of patience, you may miss some important concepts or get stuck.
Having someone who know the stuff explaining it to you is a big time save.
Let me also say that online or free resources for very advanced topics are often hard to find, provided they exist.

@Balzy I learn faster on my own and by trying, but I fully agree that it can be hard to find good material at the right level.

@bittersweet that's true. I agree. That's why we should never stop learning. In my case, I have focus on more important things and those things that I haven't learned yet instead of those I already know :)