What extra do you get in the techdegree?

I am now in the 199 TechDegree and have completed 3 classes a few workshops and a project and the idea of going back to my old account isn't anywhere in my mind. I am very glad I am in the TechDegree program. The support from the slack channel has been outstanding, the projects are well thought out and the grading process was quick but thorough. The curriculum is made to teach you exactly what you need to know in order to do whatever it is that you want to get out of the TechDegree (for me that would be building iOS apps). And I still have all of the pro content that a pro student would have (like downloading videos). So I get the 50 dollars worth of classes from the main site, and then another 150 dollars worth of a community (slack), projects that become a very nice portfolio, and a credential in iOS Development. I would definitely say it is worth the money. I am not saying it is for everyone, but I am saying that this is a well done credential program and I (and multiple others) benefit greatly from it. So your last post which stated "I agree, it is not worth it at all. they are trying to over profit now its a bit absurd" may have been better stated as "I agree, the TechDegree program is not worth it for me" I'd also like to point out again that this is a thread posted in a programming community of a few thousands students. You have support even with the 99 dollar TechDegree just post your project on here.

I've tried the 99$ Techdegree and downgraded back to my 25$ plan. If nobody is really giving me any serious feedback about my project submissions, I'd rather do them for myself. I don't care about certificates, but I do care about good feedback. I guess I'll look for it somewhere else. Maybe even in these forums.

The $99 Techdegree plan is great for those who want to use the courses and build all twelve projects. With this plan, there are no extra services such as Slack, Mentors Sessions, or Project Review.

The $199 Techdegree plan provides Slack, and peer review for projects. No mentor sessions are included.

The $399+ Techdegree plans include Slack, Professional Project Reviews, and 2 mentors sessions a month

There are six Techdegrees: Front End, Full Stack JavaScript, Java Web Development, Python Web Development, iOS and Android

I haven't researched the Andriod track, but yesterday I went through and compared the Swift 2 Track (I have a basic account) with the iOS development TechDegree. In the comparison I found that the Techdegree had 18 more classes/workshops (most of which aren't offered for basic or pro accounts). It also offered 209 hours (apparently) of projects. Plus the 2 mentorships and the other things they discussed. I hope this helps.

We offered the $99 option because our Techdegree Beta students wanted to get things done at their pace. There are no services, with this tier, and the Projects are not Ideas. They are well designed projects put together by our teaching staff. You are given the knowledge to be able to build prescribed projects that get considerably more challenging. You'll have a portfolio of 12 working projects and on top of that a Final Exam that tests your knowledge. We will review your projects prior to the final exam just to make sure they are all different and they all work.

Go to teamtreehouse.com/TechDegree and scroll down about halfway (right above the prices I believe) there is the Github Slack and Zoom logo with a feature of the TechDegree under each of them. Also if you go to the very bottom of the page there is a FAQ, under the FAQ there is 6 little links that show more information about everything. One of those little links is mentorships. I hope this helps...

I'm currently finishing my last project in the front-end techdegree. I do highly recommend it to anyone starting out and serious about learning development. I've been a Treehouse subscriber for years, so I wasn't super novice going into it but there was still a lot I needed to learn. The structure of the program is what has been key and has really helped me. The projects are well thought out, and actually have a purpose, especially as you near the end of your program. The projects are also not 'gimmes', they vary in degrees of difficulty but at the same time not all projects will require much, and the amount of feedback/critique depends on how many errors you have or how well you follow the instructions of the project. Retaining and applying what you learn from the course curriculum, to each project and future projects, is the goal. Along with learning the code side of things, you also learn/get a general idea of how to approach development. So from learning code, to learning about different programs/software, and then learning useful techniques to apply to your workflow. You get all of these things. For background, I'm a multi-media producer, and I what I've learned from my techdegree experience has enabled to officially be added on to web team at my job. And I've already done a few projects for work. From my experience it has been worth it. It's good to ask as many questions as you can to figure out how interested you'd be. I'm considering other techdegrees once I finish this one.

My understanding is they give you more advanced projects to work on that become part of your portfolio & the mentors help you through the project.

The new Techdegree doesn't mention anything about mentorship.

but all you get fromt he 25 jump to the 99 jump is project ideas, they do not grade them nor anything you are literally paying 75 extra dollars for a project "IDEA" So you got to pay for an idea here lol because with out them checking it and etc thats all you get is an idea, I can get a hundred project ideas off stack so why would you want ot pay an extra 50 dollars a month for 12 of them?

Hi, just for anyone thinking about doing the full Tec Degree , I asked about the one to one video and this is what support said ...

" The mentorship sessions are 30 minutes each, twice a month for a total of one hour of mentorship/month. Thanks!"

I think I'll learn as much as possible with the $25 a month and then possibly take on the full tech Degree hopefully saving me some time (if it works that way). .

I really wanted to pay for the premium.. :/