My next course in the learning path I'm on is "Learn Memory Management in C" and I don't know why.
This is the only course touching C in this learning path. There is no other course touching C. I'm not even aware of anything else touching C or C++.
Why the fuck do I need to care about memory management in C?
I'm planning to just skip this because wtf.
Earlier course of boot.dev were, in my opinion, great.
But later courses are underdeveloped. Undercooked. Needs tons of work.
I used my first "baked salmon" (item that allows talking to their LLM backed educator bot), at level 65, to argue with their chatbot about the fact it marked my answer wrong due to missing requirements in the assignment. It stated some assignments may be vague and this is intentional.
This is after completing the Docker course, which I felt was not only incomplete, but made some assumptions of the student it really shouldn't.
Look, in a professional setting, this can happen. And the correct response is to request clarification of requirements. Seriously, I've been doing this for decades, this problem is not new to me.
But in an educational setting, this is, absolutely, NOT ACCEPTABLE.
So... more advanced course in boot.dev really need work.
I'm watching a couple folks progress through the earlier courses and helping one of them along with figuring things out, so I can see where a year of subscription can benefit some folks. But I, simply, cannot see getting a year of benefit for myself at this point, due to the undercooked advanced content.
Is boot.dev good? Maybe for a beginner.
Is boot.dev good for someone looking to boost their skills? at the moment... No. It's an exercise in frustration.
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