So my company has a budget of around 200$ which would expire by the year end if I don’t spend it on courses, books, trainings, etc.
I’m interested in knowing what you’d do or suggest. I’m in a full stack role and have tried the below.
- Pluralsight has good material for many topics but they’re outdated many times, especially for cloud topics.
- Udemy has mostly up to date content and many really good creators but lacks coverage of advanced topics like pluralsight.
- Coursera has good University courses but make little sense in real life development.
What are some of the ways you’d have spent this budget? What are some other sites worth looking into?
Cloud, and really any vendor specific stuff, is tough to keep up with both in terms of learning and creating training materials. You’re better off getting it straight from amazon, google or other practitioners. See if you can find some smaller conferences in your area, and if you can spend training budget on that.
Obviously $200 isn’t much, but coursera might be a better bang for your buck than some other systems. Learning core skills will help you level up, while a lot of Udemy and similar content will just keep you on the same track you would have been on.