For all those who are thinking of taking one of the Meta Professional Developer Certifications. I've been enrolled in the Back-End course for the last two months. I'm on the 5th (Django Framework) course of 10. Here's my take so far, the course material and instructors have been of top quality. The videos and reading material are well put together, being a self taught developer I had some fundamental knowledge gaps that these courses filled. Such as data structures, algorithms and CI/CD to name a few. I also appreciate the quizzes and labs associated with most of the courses. However, as of about two weeks ago Meta has been slow to roll out the remaining courses . From my understanding Meta hadn't fully completed all the courses, at least for the Back-End Developer Cert that I'm enrolled in. That's a little disappointing for me because I was on track to complete all 10 courses in 3-4 months. The recommended time frame is 7 months at 4 hours a week. I was doing 2-4 hours a day. Hope this helps anyone thinking about these certs.

@khanhchung5207

Жыл бұрын

Same here but instead of waiting, I also have been enrolled in Databases course.

@naimahmed3720

Жыл бұрын

Hey man, appreciate your take on it. Do you think this course will be enough to land a entry/junior level job? Im thinking of doing front end and looking for the web development career route.

@cjwilliams9790

Жыл бұрын

@@naimahmed3720 I do believe you will gain the skills necessary for an entry/junior roles in Web Dev if you take Meta's Front-End Developer Pro Cert. Having a recognized cert is a big plus, However that's not the only thing you'll need. If I were you, while your taking the Front-End courses, start building your portfolio site and build a few simple Front-End projects. You will have fun and build the hands-on skills thats needed along with the core understanding from the Meta courses. There's plenty of tutorials you can follow on KZread that will help.

@DevlogBill

Жыл бұрын

CJWilliam have all the courses been published for the backend course? I started this course 1 day ago. I guess everything is available?

@cjwilliams9790

Жыл бұрын

@@DevlogBill from what I can tell as of today there’s only the last course that has not been published yet. “Coding Interview Preparation”

This course is very similar to IBM's data analytics professional cert program which I'm working on via Coursera. I love Coursera. This monthly price ($39) is worth it.

Sir, to be honest, I find your explanation and blue prints much more easier to understand than the coursera certifications. When I was a beginner to coding, I had taken several certificates from there but out there nobody explains with the intention to teach absolute beginners...My profs there were all PhD levels and it was hard to reach upto them when I knew nothing. That was the reason I stopped doing lessons from there and moved to youTube and other platforms . That's also the reason I started teaching beginners to teach myself 😀😃

Wisdom, life experiences, and honesty are your advantages man, great job!

Dude i really like ur quick overview of it, really gives me confidence that that these 2 course was what i was looking for as someone brand new just learning software dev. Im sure it will take some more practice with personal projects etc after you have completed these to be 100% job ready but from what im seeing it seems like by the end you should be around 70% there if not more.

Thank you so much for this overview, definitely looking forward to this certificate!

Thank you this what exactly I needed as someone with CS degree

Your story is Very inspiring for me. I'm 21 from Brazil, have worked in a few Jobs but have been struggling to find purposing in life. Recently left a good carrer in the military to persue a carrer in TI. Learning HTML and css now, set a goal to get a job in the field by the end of the year. Its hard but I'll put in the work.

@fernandomansilla8410

Жыл бұрын

From Brazil. Keep It up, demand in this area is huge, you Will find a job soon

@marcosgabriel9219

Жыл бұрын

Also from Brazil. I'm on the same road as you through the tech field and trying to find myself in life. I was studying to get into the military (EsPCEx, ESA), but I rediscovered myself when I wrote my first lines of code. I hope that you can reach your goals, good luck in your journey, let's make it happen 🇧🇷

@woulenlambagoldiallo4549

8 ай бұрын

any testimony?

I think Meta is indirectly encouraging people to take both courses for fullstack

@Kstunnnaman23

Жыл бұрын

Seems like its working super well, ive been using this course and i think its amazing so far. Learning by urself with no proper direction is tough but these guys lay it down step by step.

Been on freecode camp recently for FrontEnd. Might just dive into this 🤔.

Any info on if the job boards are purely US focused, or if they're global? Couldn't see anything in the FAQ.

Thanks for this awesome video. Really appreciated

Thanks for all the fantastic resources. Better this or AWS? thank you!

What are the job titles and roles you're referring to when recommending people to learn python and get AWS certified for their first entry-level job in tech?

Thank you 😊 you’re awesome that was so helpful

Thanks for the awesome breakdown of this! This course seems to come out at the perfect time, right as I finally has a "Eureka" moment and realized what I wanted to really do in life. 😌😌

@erenyeager4452

Жыл бұрын

Dude, congrats on your eureka. Hope you grind this course get that dollars.

@seanfirst668

Жыл бұрын

Wish you the best man. Go do what makes you happy! Consistency is key!

@4krelaxationchannel451

Жыл бұрын

Exactly same here! I'm so enthusiastic about advancing my front-end skills through this course. Do you want to collaborate in the learning process for this course? Please do let me know. We can get in touch :)

This is very informative video!

Do you think this cert worth to someone with previous experience in development?

Thanks for the video

Can someone tell me what would be the difference in doing iOS and android cert opposed to doing the front and back end certs

Has anyone got to the job board? What types of employers are there? Do they have remote work? I'm curious if I finish these courses, will I be out of luck if none are in my area

I am officially enrolled for the Meta backend Professional Course. I started yesterday and 2 months ago I was doubtful but now I think it was the best decision I made. The course is well structured and while watching videos they test you with minor questions. At the moment I am on week 2 of the first section and everything is super easy since I had been learning JavaScript for 2 months now. BUT, I know the deeper I go the harder it will get become, I am going to try and prepare for this. At first I was hesitant because they were using Python for the backend? I was saying to myself this isn't the industry standard for backend web development? Python is recognized for Data Science and eveen DevOps with AWS. BUT I take that back, after watching your video on the topics covered with Python it now makes sense. Thanks for sharing this video.!!!

@cjwilliams9790

Жыл бұрын

@MrSirmay1 Don’t underestimate learning Python is so much more than data science and DevOps. BTW, DevOps is just a process of many things put together. Good luck with the Backend course, I’m on course 6, week 3 of APIs. Overall it’s been a great certification and learning experience.

@DevlogBill

Жыл бұрын

@@cjwilliams9790 Thank you Williams. From your personal experience what had you found to be important but over looked when taking this course? What part did you find very challenging or you should learn very deeply because it will carry on to further chapters in this lesson? I am still at the very beginning thank you.

@cjwilliams9790

Жыл бұрын

@@DevlogBill your welcome, since your in the backend side of things, I would suggest getting really familiar with Python and Linux command line. I can’t stress enough how import learning at least the basics of Linux will take you a long way in your future development career. That’s something the Meta Backend cert doesn’t go into much.

Meta are updates video in all this courses?

How useful is Meta's job board thing? I;m not seeing much online about it. I already know almost everything that's being taught in the front-end courses so I don't know if it would be worth completing the whole course if I was just doing it for that job board.

@t6hp

Жыл бұрын

The courses just got released, so I doubt anyone would actually use that platform until at least 3-4 months from now.

@qwertmom

Жыл бұрын

@@t6hp Right. I'm really wondering how it works though. Are these employers ONLY looking for people on this specific job board? I can't see that being a possibility so I can't imagine it being that much better than looking for jobs on linkedIn or some other job searching site.

@Kstunnnaman23

Жыл бұрын

@@qwertmom I think what is that they prob have other job postings on other sites like Indeed and LinkedIn but have dev allocation slots on priority through the cert. So in theory is should raise ur chances a bit more especially if u are part of the first wave of people who complete the course (though im sure the job interview/test will be the same as from people signing up in other avenues)

Is it just 7 days free trail

Should I Star with the front-end or backend course? Or it doesn not matter? And should I take both? Or just 1 is good?

@JeFfJeFfPrOdUcTiOn

Жыл бұрын

front-end first.

Currently Cloud Computing is not there in the Back-end certificate

Excellent video- thank you. Can anyone clarify the cost, please? A google search shows $38 at present- yet in the vid you mentioned $50. The coursera site doesn't seem to show this?

@vensuelamitchell7921

Жыл бұрын

You can take this for free through The American Dream Academy. I’m using the program for the front end course.

@SlowPersuit

Жыл бұрын

@@vensuelamitchell7921 Only available in the US (unless I do a bit of VPN shenannigans...)

Is this course for beginners that have no knowledge or experience?

Would you recommend taking both courses or sticking to just one?

@TheCuriousCurator-Hindi

Жыл бұрын

Complete one of them first.

@abrahamchijioke7264

Жыл бұрын

Is it free ?

@vicpeters6454

Жыл бұрын

Would complete front end first as I believe it’s easier to get a job there then leap to both.

Hey Travis I've been given financial aid for the frontend course, and I would be applying for the same for the backend course I am already feeling excited and would update this comment soon

Ive been taking the front end course amd jve stopped cause i have issues accessing the labs. Always saying session timed out, i need help? Only finished the principles of UI/UX design cause thats my initial tech space. Help me with the lab or is there an alternative or laptop or network reception issues i dunno. But overall the course is strutured and fulfilling .😢❤😢😢

Have you checked out Udemy's course The Complete 2022 Web Development Bootcamp by Dr. Angela Yu?

the links on the description doestn work

@johnmelchi7162

Жыл бұрын

"Job placement on completion? Is in the title but I don't think you went over that. Which is why I clicked the video. But thinks for the video anyway still gave a thumbs up!

Sir ,Are these courses free?. Sir I am still waiting for frontend of Bike Rental Dapp. Thank you

@TravisMedia

Жыл бұрын

The entire Bike Rental Dapp course can be found at courses.travis.media

@pankajjoshi8292

Жыл бұрын

@@TravisMedia Ok that means we got to buy at 15 Dollars ?

Don't they have a way to audit without a free trial

@miguelgarza7024

Жыл бұрын

Yes you can audit them. I am taking the first course in front end for free. Beware that it is missing some of the last courses because they haven't been released so make sure to look at that before taking it on.

Travis, what are your thoughts about going the mobile dev route and focusing on Kotlin for Android?

@MalamIbnMalam

Жыл бұрын

Meta will have an Android Development specialization as well

Meta and Django, how it go together? you should learn Node + Express or if you want Python than fast api then, don't waste your time on Django.

@khanhchung4103

Жыл бұрын

The reason Meta teaches Python and Django because Instagram is built on Django

@MalamIbnMalam

Жыл бұрын

It really doesn't matter what technology or framework you learn. What matters is if you are a good programmer

Decent and honest review... Much appreciated

eobard thawne wow

if youre a new york state resident you can take these courses for free!! just register with youre new york state department of labor account!!

Cloud computing has been removed from this course.

Has Anybody Actually got a Job after finishing at least one of their CERTS? Faang isn't hiring right now But is it worth taking?

@Mark-rt6fy

Жыл бұрын

You can't get in FAANG with just language and framework skills since forever...

First to be here...

Chump developers 🤣

It's a bad course, compared to Codecademy tbh..

@ReplayMastersTekken

Жыл бұрын

do you think the codecademy career path is better?

@ReadThis_

Жыл бұрын

@JeoZerkz I think it is a bit more thorough. More specifically, I had a huge problem understanding the Python course of the Meta certification. Everything was rushed and not too well explained, in my opinion. It's not a particularly BAD course but when I comprare it to the Codecademy one, I saw that with the latter everything was much clearer and well explained to me. I really understood Python very easily with Codecademy. With Meta I couldn't say the same...

@br0ken_107

8 ай бұрын

@@ReadThis_ the python section in meta course is not for beginners though, it says it is but it's not, the module exercises are very difficult for a newbie programmer + you need to read yourself from the resources they provide since the videos are surface level only not in depth, that is why they provide additional reading links. I am sorry for disagreeing but codacademy is pretty bad, it's extremely easy when I first started to learn how to code I did codacademy python section complete in 1 day along with projects and exercises