Thank you!<p>Don&#x27;t get me wrong; it definitely did!<p>However, I wouldn&#x27;t have gotten this role without another credential I got (front-end certification at Free Code Camp); without that credential I wouldn&#x27;t have been able to apply for the job.<p>The same wouldn&#x27;t be said of Udacity, but I did need to attend office hours more than a few times. Had I not had access to office hours, I may not have continued on with my free curriculum. There&#x27;s only so many times you can bang your head on the wall alone before you give up on something. But if you have someone else there to help you when you need it, then you can get past barriers more easily.<p>Protip: do as much of the free courses you can until you get stuck. Then enroll. They might hate me for saying that, but even Mike Wales (curriculum developer at Udacity) suggested that :)