I feel like seeing those drops credibility on someones resume really quick, but a lot of people put them on. They’re self paced learning material with no real grades/rigor/proof that you understand the material. Feels to me like if you had space on your resume left for them, then you don’t have enough experience. Mostly referring to the intro to ML targeted ones. I’m not bashing the people who take the courses. Self learning is great, but I just don’t really see how it demonstrates value or tangible skills.
They don’t!!
I sometimes look at resumes when looking at internal transfer. I dont reject someone for writing their coursers course but it does show a lack of awareness and devalus the rest of your cv What really matters to me 0)If you have done a good 20% project at Google in a related topic preferably for 6+months. 1)PhD in a related field or any field. 2)Papers in related field 3)Non trivial Open source contribution in related field could just be qbout implementation aspects 4)Are you just a flat out great programmer/math olympiad winner. Someone who has contributed to c++ standards, linux kernel or ranked highly at topcoder/math olympiads. Its not that I hate moocs but the barrier to entry is so small that its tough to evaluate and it looks bad on you for not having the judgement to realize the barrier to entry is small.
Why does it turn you off? In many cases these kinds of courses are the only form of education a person can afford. Are you just turned off by poor people trying to better themselves? Completing courses like that also take a lot of dedication - especially if you also have a full time job. Is that also worth nothing to you? Finally some of these courses are taught and designed by leaders like Andrew Ng and even designed in partnership with companies like Google. Are you saying they are all worthless? Your stance comes off as extremely elitist. God forbid a person should try to better themselves with openly available resources because gatekeepers like you will be sure to keep them down anyway.
1) You arent entitled to a job 2) Find some other team that values the course and apply back after a year or two showing you have rleevant experience. Why should I be your first 3) Unfortunately everyone takes these courses these days so its tough to evaluate how good you are even if you did it diligently.
Nope doesn’t help
Generally, no. BUT! If you do something that can lead to an interesting portfolio item or project, that can be great. Say, an AI course + project / portfolio item. Or a design course + portfolio item.
I think the prices are very expensive for what they are but the free ones can help beginners gain confidence. Doesn't that count for something?
Not much if a help and not a deciding factor either !!
Udacity nanodegree projects are the closest to real world projects, if not the certificate the projects themselves should be helpful I HOPE. Coursera is very academically oriented.
I care that you have demonstrated skills by working on relevant projects and teams. I don't really care where you learn it - formally, on the job, by reading a book, or watching YouTube. Listing them doesn't help, though. There comes a point where even listing formal education isn't relevant. Try to find a few examples where you implemented the things you learned.
It would matter to me. Shows they have a commitment of betterment and improving themselves. Those are admirable qualities. If those were the only qualities? Probably not.
Yeah they dont. Ik some major dumbasses that have completed those courses. I think something impressive that would be a better investment of your time is getting into kaggle competitions or contribute to some open source data science project
How about professional online courses at an university? They have the same rigor as a graduate college course but it is online.
First, honestly no learning is useless. The fact that they devoted time to learn something outside their domain is commendable.I would certainly use it as a metric to gauge someone's interest and ability to continuously learn. Not all of them are easy. The ones at Udacity have projects and require considerable investment of time. At one end people say, you don't need a college degree to get a job and at the other you say, all this is bullshit? What a hypocritical world? Sad.