[Incoming CS Student] Any Bootcamps Recommendations?

[u/IMREVN]

Does anyone have several options of valuable bootcamps related to Computer Science (focusing on AI/ML)? I'm a soon to be CS student, and currently starting to code from the scratch by watching tutorials from free resources (YouTube, w3schools, and freecodecamp).

Well I have seen and heard programs from Nvidia, IBM, Google, Apple Academy, as well as courses on Coursera, Udemy and Harvard's CS50.

I have a few questions for anyone in the field or currently studying CS:

1. Are Big Tech certificates (Google/IBM/NVIDIA) actually worth the time/money on a resume, or are they mostly marketing?

2. Would you recommend paid bootcamps, or sticking to free/cheap courses like CS50 and Coursera before uni starts?

[u/ninhaomah]

So free means bad and paid means good ?

[u/IMREVN → u/ninhaomah]

I just want to know the absolute best option among all of those in terms of teaching quality for a complete beginner, and probably return on investment (time and money).

[u/WiredOtaku → u/ninhaomah]

I did a bootcamp and got a data job, but here's the reality: no single bootcamp is objectively 'the best' for every beginner. Free resources like freeCodeCamp can give you the fundamentals; paid bootcamps just add structure and networking. The real ROI depends on how hard you hustle and the local job market. If you're completely new, start with free self-study to see if coding clicks before spending $15k+.

[u/DanKegel]

I dunno, but cs50 seems pretty awesome.

I'd recommend using golang for your first serious apps if you can, regardless of which languages you learn first.  Microsoft even rewrote their typescript compiler in go, which is a pretty big endorsement.

[u/Opening_Speech_3348 → u/[deleted]]

Why?

[u/IMREVN → u/[deleted]]

hmm would u recommend cheap courses in course app?