Udacity lays off 125 people in global strategy shift
I've completed 10 online learning courses and probably spend 20 hrs/week learning online.<p>Udacity Likes:
I loved Udacity's production quality & instructors.  I think they are generally awesome in the balance of teaching concept and practical knowledge.  They also don't shy away from more complicated topics like autonomous vehicles, InfoSec, AI / ML, etc., which is a unique asset.<p>Udacity Dislikes:
They are placing too large of a bet on the nanodegree concept.  There isn't a clear ROI for students - and it's fairly clear that most companies don't really give a hoot about online certifications.<p>Their classes are too expensive.  Both Udacity and Udemy have great Web Dev classes.  Udemy's was $10 for 19 hours of content + responses to any questions I had within hours, and gave me everything I wanted + more.  Unfortunately, I had to sift through the Bootcamp and Nanodegree madness on Udacity.<p>They are unaccredited.  My company (maybe most companies?) only subsidizes classes that are accredited.  I have a $10,000 annual credit and I use it all on university classes.  I would definitely consider Udacity nanowhatevers if I could use my credit on them.