https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200212-could-micro-credentials-compete-with-traditional-degrees?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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the python material in my nanodegree was atrocious and the R was even worse.
The value of the nanodegree isn't the certificate of completion, it's the exposure to new skills/technologies that you probably wouldn't have otherwise gotten any kind of hands on experience with while at AT&T.
AT&T lied and made it sound like if you took the initiative to learn the new skills they would give you opportunities to transition into different job roles.
Yeah I went through one and the computer science class was a big waste of my own time. Already had it in school twenty years ago but it brush up on my python but I could of done that in a few hours so yeah they are usesless.
I admit I drank the deathstar koolaid, enrolled in and completed a nanodegree.
And it means nothing. Nobody cares.
It was good to learn a new skill, but it looks like the only way I will ever apply that new knowledge is in a job outside AT&T.
Seems like these are not widely accepted outside of off AT&T. So if you leave, be sure that along with your nano-degree you can highlight actual accomplishments as a result of having it. I think that will reinforce the credibility of the training you received with the degree. Probably good idea to do that with any credential really :).
I'm not a big fan of the nano-degree because I still feel it's not widely accepted. However, the article makes a good point about the ballooning cost of a college degree. Plus, if you already have a degree, why not just focus on the areas that matter. Kind of makes sense.
nanodegrees fake degrees?
Propaganda might make sense for someone with a business degree but the way att does it is just a way to make people leave because you don’t make people with computer degrees go through programming again. That is just mo–nic unless you another agenda.