Tried free Codecademy for 3 weeks, then paid $20 for a Udemy course, and the difference in my progress was weird

Olivia Chen · 2026-10-04T17:15:03.203799+00:00

Free tutorials let me copy code but never explained why it worked, while the $20 course made me build a tiny calculator from scratch by week two, so now I'm stuck wondering if paying for courses is just a shortcut or if free stuff actually teaches you to think slower.

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Tried free Codecademy for 3 weeks, then paid $20 for a Udemy course, and the difference in my progress was weird | Coding For Beginners - HW Forums