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“I” is really the most important word in your question. The answer really depends on how you learn – and it will be different for every other person who asks this question.
Whether a program costs $200, $2000, or $20,000, if you can afford it, the price is only important relative to the value of a program for you. If you are self-driven and able to chart your own course through Free Code Camp or codecademy and get value from that, that’s a good approach for you. If for some reason you can’t learn effectively from free resources (maybe you feel lost without a clear curriculum set out for you), but for some reason you can learn effectively from Udacity (maybe you love their style of video lectures), then that’s what you should pay for.
Of course, what’s effective for you may be different from what’s effective for someone else, but what we’ve found overwhelmingly makes students successful at Flatiron School is learning together – having a community of passionate students to lean on and motivate you. So a focus on community runs through all of our programs. For people who love to learn with friends and don’t necessarily need instructors supervising them, we have our peer-driven, low-cost Community-Powered Bootcamp. For those who need more instructor support to succeed and want a guaranteed developer job after graduating, we offer our immersive, instructor-led programs.
If learning alone works for you, there are plenty of free resources to explore, but we believe there’s a value in learning with a community – something to consider as a you look at your different education options.
To answer this question, you also need to think about your goals and which programs are geared toward delivering them. Codeacademy is broad and super accessible; it’s great for dipping your toe in the water. And there’s a ton of subjects you can learn on Udacity. But people come to Flatiron School for one thing: to become an employable software engineer. That’s what our curriculum is optimized for – it’s designed to get you a job.
Assuming you can afford a program that you know will give you a better educational experience given your learning style and goals, doing it is a no-brainer. But the key here is that people learn differently and have different goals – you have to know what you want and what works best for you before deciding to make an investment in one program over another.
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“I” is really the most important word in your question. The answer really depends on how you learn – and it will be different for every other person who asks this question.
Whether a program costs $200, $2000, or $20,000, if you can afford it, the price is only important relative to the value of a program for you. If you are self-driven and able to chart your own course through Free Code Camp or codecademy and get value from that, that’s a good approach for you. If for some reason you can’t learn effectively from free resources (maybe you feel lost without a clear curriculum set out for you), but for some reason you can learn effectively from Udacity (maybe you love their style of video lectures), then that’s what you should pay for.
Of course, what’s effective for you may be different from what’s effective for someone else, but what we’ve found overwhelmingly makes students successful at Flatiron School is learning together – having a community of passionate students to lean on and motivate you. So a focus on community runs through all of our programs. For people who love to learn with friends and don’t necessarily need instructors supervising them, we have our peer-driven, low-cost Community-Powered Bootcamp. For those who need more instructor support to succeed and want a guaranteed developer job after graduating, we offer our immersive, instructor-led programs.
If learning alone works for you, there are plenty of free resources to explore, but we believe there’s a value in learning with a community – something to consider as a you look at your different education options.
To answer this question, you also need to think about your goals and which programs are geared toward delivering them. Codeacademy is broad and super accessible; it’s great for dipping your toe in the water. And there’s a ton of subjects you can learn on Udacity. But people come to Flatiron School for one thing: to become an employable software engineer. That’s what our curriculum is optimized for – it’s designed to get you a job.
Assuming you can afford a program that you know will give you a better educational experience given your learning style and goals, doing it is a no-brainer. But the key here is that people learn differently and have different goals – you have to know what you want and what works best for you before deciding to make an investment in one program over another.
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