Python Programming (Short Course)

The Python course was great! Easy to follow along and the professor was incredibly knowledgeable and skilled at guiding us through the course. It was a lot of material to cover and it only brushes on some topics but I understood it was never meant to be in-depth, which was great for me because it gave me enough grit to get it started and seek out more knowledge on my own. There's definitely a large component of discipline I had to have, being a non-programmer entering this course meant I had to put a lot of my own time  learning the basics of Python and it's many nuisances. In the end, the course was well taught and well structured. I'm happy with the results and would recommend to anyone that's a self-starter and motivated individual.  

The curriculum that GA has for Python is very flawed.  It was filled with errors and typos, and there is no homework.  Its basically a powerpoint presentation, and a very thin one at that.  There is a lab that asks you to do things that were not covered in class.  I did a free course on Kaggle that had far superior written content and actually had written homework.  I complained in a nice manner about all of this, and the result was the typos on the powerpoint were corrected, but no homework was ever given.  The instructors were great, very nice, talented and caring.  But there advice to me was to direct me to free materials on-line.  So they were aware that people needed better source material and homework.  I also heard this feedback from almost everyone I spoke to in the class (about 25%).  Note many participants have the class paid for by their company, so they are not as interested in the value they are receiving.  But if you have to pay the tuition yourself, you will realize its a total waste of money.  Please don't take this class.   The GA feedback person was very pleasant but nothing changed.  The school is most interested in making money, do not be fooled.   For Python you are better off doing an on-line course.  (I also reviewed the curriculum with an NYU student and several python coders I work with, and they also agreed the course was not created correctly). I hate to leave a bad review, but I want others to avoid paying for something that is a rip off.