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Nate Thomas
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 269 PointsTechDegree vs Regular Courses
Hello, I am really stuck on this. I've read the page about what TechDegrees offer and I just cant see how it makes sense to pay 200/m for the degree. I mean I think it will motivate me more but I dont see how the benefits outweigh the price. It seems the courses and projects are the exact same thing so how does this Techdegree make it any better than the regular courses.
Also it says anything you do in regular courses is marked off in the Techdegree if you sign up. So couldnt you go through a whole track, then sign up for the course for one month and have everything checked off right then and there and not go through the whole thing for months paying 200$? Would this actually work?
1 Answer
Rob Allessi
8,600 PointsHey Nate,
Totally understandable conundrum you've arrived at. Perhaps we need to do better explaining the benefits of the projects and proctored exam associated with our Techdegree program.
Projects are not the same in the Techdegree. The projects associated with each Techdegree are completely unique and much deeper than anything you'd have gone through through our Basic or Pro plans. Yes, you can absolutely power through some Tracks to complete videos, quizzes and code challenges in advance, but you still have to go through the 12 projects and these projects will test the skills you've developed and learned throughout this process. Project submissions are limited to a single new submission every 7 days (resubmissions of a project that failed it's review process can be resubmitted within 1 day). Assuming you knocked out every single project out on your first submission and then crushed it in the final proctored exam, this still puts a minimum completion time of 3 months on the calendar — though this is still under review and subject to be lowered.
Our goal is to educate our students and help them find better tech jobs and fill openings where people live and in their own communities, not just train people to work in Silicon Valley or for a specific company. We do this through: 100% original content, full-time teachers who are experts in their subject, 12 real world projects that are reviewed and graded, 1:1 mentorship to students (this is currently only available on the highest tier Techdegree plan), high-quality videos and interactive tools.
Feel free to reach out to our Support team at help@teamtreehouse.com if you have any questions or concerns relating to this or your account!
Nate Thomas
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 269 PointsNate Thomas
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 269 PointsThank you for the reply. When I went and looked at the curriculum and the projects it looked like those were some of the same projects I had completed before such as the Portfolio website, profile page and the responsive website which I remember was the "Lake Tahoe" page and they even show that in the picture under projects on the Techdegree page. I jsut dont want to pay that 200$ just to redo the same projects. But anyways I'm going to do the 7 day free trial and see how different it is.
justin stark
32 Pointsjustin stark
32 PointsDidn't it use to be that you can only submit a project every 14 days? When did this change and why?