>What’s the point of paying for college, if you’re stuck behind a webcam?
>Yes, you can learn some things, but you can also learn it by just watching YouTube.
This relies on heavy assumptions.
I recently had a few programming classes with lecturer who has 15 years of experience in industry and a lot of in academia
Not only his lectures are at very good level - best practices, industry standards but also very fresh technology and additionally you have an opportunity to ask questions.
It's not that easy to find this kind of materials on Youtube or even paid services.
Youtube often covers topics briefly, so you have to try to find blogs of an actual experts.
>Despite the fact that FB Messenger is explicitly designed for non-professional use and can do group chats people are still gravitating to Zoom.
Facebook doesn't seem to be secure.
I bet people don't want to have hours of recordings attached to their real name, so creating random account on something like Zoom seems like an great.
>Yes, you can learn some things, but you can also learn it by just watching YouTube.
This relies on heavy assumptions.
I recently had a few programming classes with lecturer who has 15 years of experience in industry and a lot of in academia
Not only his lectures are at very good level - best practices, industry standards but also very fresh technology and additionally you have an opportunity to ask questions.
It's not that easy to find this kind of materials on Youtube or even paid services.
Youtube often covers topics briefly, so you have to try to find blogs of an actual experts.