We just launched 1500 hours of coding curriculum, 100% free

Same boat here. I just went premium on coursera for this month though so the timing would have been perfect if it was posted yesterday 😅

I hope this move works out for you Chase!

Let me know how the learning goes! Good luck :)

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Awesome point. Given how close VueJs is to React, it makes sense. With that said, right now we want to tighten up our existing curriculum and then probably tackle frameworks and languages that are a little more differentiated from what we currently offer. We could be convinced otherwise, though! I agree that one of the biggest issues is a lack of “middling” content if you will — above beginner content but not niche cases either.

Hey @omneity, no problem! As for your points, they’re really good ones. This was a launch of a product that can do a lot of good but is far from its “final form”, to quote Dragon Ball Z. Our next efforts will be around improving the platform, then adding options around inclusion for various disabilities (obviously subtitles are largely lacking, but there’s a whole host of issues around providing poorly-executed subtitles and etc), so we think that’s lower hanging fruit. Additional languages would be great, and I’d love to chat more about how you think you might be able to help! Feel free to get in contact directly 😊

Great questions! I’ll address them all as well as I can.

First, we’re not seeing a big drop in our placement rates really. That’s defintely a common trend around bootcamps, though, so you’re not wrong! What we’ve seen is a shift towards a longer period of time until placement, though this is largely due to an emphasis on student prepardness after the course. Essentially, we now ask students to focus on shoring up their skills upon completion of the course rather than dive headlong into applications immediately.

Second, there’s definitely a possibility that more people will join the job market because of this. That said, that’s kind of the goal! The reason why we don’t think that will be a major issue, though, is that our curriculum is the first true consolidation online of a well-rounded full-stack curriculum that can take you from 0-100. Someone very dedicated would be able to find most of the resources they needed by digging online without our course. Our course is for ease of access and proliferation of coding material in a comprehensible way. The number of people who complete the entire course will likely be small, but more power to anyone who has the grit to get through.

Third, college grads generally have great fundamental knowledge about systems and the underlying principles of engineering, but are lighter on practical skills. Our grads, in comparison, are the opposite. A true marriage of both is obviously the best, but we have a curriculum dedicated to job placement rather than preparation for a grad degree following undergrad.

Fourth, that level of personalization is a little tough for us right now. You’re absolutely right that a more individualized path might be best for each person, but we’d need incredible amounts of bandwidth to even attempt that. Right now our pockets aren’t deep enough for that kind of endeavor 😬

Hope that answers your questions!

Do you mind telling how to replicate this? We've been testing it but haven't had any issues with the links

Hey @parakeet! I believe the languages populated later due to a little bit of overload on our system and the slowdown that created. Hopefully it's a bit smoother from here on out.

The full-stack project is actually the culmination of everything you learn during the course, and requires you to build an entire website.

You'll build over 20 real projects during the curriculum! Definitely oriented towards projects since that's how you show employers you know what you're doing.

Hi @BoomShiva619, you can email me at chasechamberswilson @ gmail.com

Thanks @vikramsharma!

Should be fixed :)

Well that’s not good, will be looking into that! Nothing like launch day bugs to shut down the party haha

Great to hear! The curriculum is created so that students can build an entire full-stack website afterwards. Due to that, I haven't heard much yet about how it compares to other React resources from non-students

Nope, not a front at all. I figured the IH community would be more interested in what the business lens is, rather than the helpful-to-humanity aspect. The curriculum we posted is identical to the one we teach and is on a platform that runs code/has solutions!

Makes sense! They've had their platform running for a long time and we just launched, so we're not expecting to be as solid as they are from the platform perspective. With that said, we're confident that the curriculum (certainly the most important aspect if your goal is to become an engineer) is more comprehensive.