Do online programming courses offer a real advantage over self-education?

Question

IT education

I would like to understand - do courses in various programming languages ​​(like geekbrains, netology, foxminded, etc.) give a real advantage over self-taught people?
I see the main plus in a live mentor.
But they say that at the end of the course, you will have 3-5 projects in your resume, and a year of experience in development.
Is it so? And is it worth going to paid courses or can you learn everything yourself from merged courses on the Internet?

Answer 1

Yes.
You can always announce that you were taught (for money), and not you self-educated.

Answer 2

There is money - buy already recorded courses, as a rule, a mentor is provided there.
Disadvantages of online courses:
1) Constant lecture breaks for rest
2) Time frames in which you need to come. Watching the recordings is dull and long, a 2-hour recording will describe what you get in 20 minutes from a regular video
3) Not the most qualified individuals teach there, as a rule, 3-7 years in development and this is not enough. I have a little more than 3 years of experience and I understand that I know very little, and it's not I'm stupid, but always like that.
4) It is not teachers who teach there, which means the ears will endlessly vyat from "EEEEEE", "BEEEEE", "MEEEEE". They consider it a plus, but when algorithms are explained to you for 8 hours and 2 of them are spent on backing and dunking, this is bad. Moreover, due to the lack of pedagogical experience, they often will not be able to explain some things to you, because it will be obvious to them, but incomprehensible to you. Teachers can, or at least should be able to put themselves in the position of the student and look at the issue from his point of view. This is often not available to mere mortals.
5) Groups are recruited no better than at school. Usually 50-70 people, how do you think a teacher will work with you?
6) Assignments are checked for a LOOOOOOOOOOO long, don't believe me, read the reviews about any such courses. This happens once again because of 50-70 people for verification, and what to say about questions ...
7) The material is given for a very long time, then again, it can be put into a 10-minute video, it is told for 2 hours.
For the employer, this will not be a plus at all. I worked in 3 different companies and attended 4 interviews, they asked me about how I studied 1 time, I answered - self-taught, they took me. The fact that there will be work in the portfolio, it will be, but it will be very simple, you won’t go far with it.
I went through 1 such course for money and started watching a couple from free resources and just started. Because it's impossible to watch them.
I know quite a lot of programmers and I don't know a single one who would respond positively about this.
But what to choose? The answer is simple - you have money, buy ready-made courses, they are usually recorded with a high-quality microphone, understandable examples, and you can ask the creator with a question, he will be happy to help you. Usually such courses are made by people who have experience in explaining the material, even if they are not teachers, but at least they will be able to explain more concisely and clearly. A tutor will always be better than a double teacher.
No money? While there is an opportunity to download lectures in the public domain.
PS all this is my opinion. You can ignore it, challenge it or listen to it.

Answer 3

Well, for me, online is doubtful. I had the experience of an online course, though not an IT one (lettering course), but it was not very effective. I just didn’t even score in the last lessons and in the end I didn’t even get His Majesty a certificate! And when I studied in Python, I went to full-time at IT Avenue. It was already a different matter. This is what I am for. That self-learning vs online is better self-learning. But self-learning vs points - here we can already talk about the results.