Three allocations, all priced before sending. One spends $0 on courses — and I'd defend that one hardest. THE COURSER · ISSUE #71 THIS WEEK'S VERDICT You have $500 and six months. Here's where it goes. Five hundred dollars buys a recognized finance credential, or a year of data training, or a certification exam with $401 left over. Which one is right depends on a question almost nobody asks first: are you buying the teaching, or are you buying the line on your resume? They are not the same...
7 days ago • 4 min read
Your Thursday roundup — three deals (one that hasn't started yet), two no-code courses for non-technical leaders, and what $85m in 'synergies' means for your course library. THE COURSER · ISSUE #70 Udemy's last day, a Pimsleur deal worth waiting for & Coursera names its price Your Thursday roundup. Three deals this week, and one of them hasn't started yet — I'd rather tell you to wait four days than watch you pay full price on Monday. Plus two new Udacity courses aimed squarely at people who...
12 days ago • 5 min read
If you're studying for AZ-500 you have six days. If you're choosing what to study next, this changes the answer. THE COURSER · ISSUE #69 THIS WEEK'S VERDICT Three Azure certifications died this year. The fourth goes Monday. If you're mid-way through AZ-500, sit it before Monday — but know exactly what you're buying: it stays active on your transcript for one year and then can't be renewed. If you haven't started, don't. Microsoft has named no replacement, and the four Azure certifications...
14 days ago • 5 min read
Udemy drops to $9.99, CFI holds at 30% & the online courses that faked a district's report card Your Thursday roundup — a Udemy sale with a real end date, the CFI code still live, Anthropic's new architect certification, and grade inflation by online course. THE COURSER · ISSUE #68 Udemy drops to $9.99, CFI holds at 30% & the online courses that faked a district's report card Your Thursday roundup. Two deals this week that I checked on the live sites this morning — a Udemy sale with an actual...
18 days ago • 8 min read
Coursera says most people finish for under $300. That's only true if you finish on their schedule. THE COURSER · ISSUE #67 THIS WEEK'S VERDICT Google's data analytics certificate costs $49 a month. That's not its price. Worth it — but only if you can name the month you'll finish. It's billed at $49/month with no fixed total, so your pace sets the price. Finish in six months and it's about $294. Drift to ten and you've paid $490 for the identical certificate. BEST FOR Career changers with no...
21 days ago • 4 min read
Your Thursday roundup — Microsoft has quietly retired four Azure certifications this year and another goes on August 31, plus the code that stopped working and a cheating story worth your attention. THE COURSER · ISSUE #66 An Azure cert dies in 18 days, the CFI code changed again & AI agents are taking whole courses Your Thursday roundup. The lead this week is one I'd want to know about if I were mid-way through a study plan: Microsoft has retired four Azure certifications in 2026 and a fifth...
26 days ago • 4 min read
The upgrade costs $245. Here's exactly who should pay it — and what that 30% code is really worth. THE COURSER · ISSUE #65 THIS WEEK'S VERDICT CFI's two plans are $245 apart. Which one do you need? Self-Study at $347.90 is the right plan for almost everyone. Full-Immersion's extra $245 buys one thing that matters — a human reading your models — and it's only worth paying if you'll actually submit them. BEST FOR Self-Study, if you're disciplined and heading for an analyst seat SKIP IF You're...
28 days ago • 5 min read
A 50% AI-degree sale, a deal that ends today, and a code that just changed Your Thursday roundup — three live deals (one expires tonight), two brand-new courses, and Coursera's $100M bet on how you'll learn next. THE COURSER · ISSUE #64 A 50% AI-degree sale, a deal that ends today, and a code that just changed Your Thursday roundup — three deals I've checked on the actual checkout page this morning, two genuinely new courses, and the biggest piece of online-learning news in months. One of the...
about 1 month ago • 8 min read
Live classes with a real teacher for $6.99 each. The catch is hiding in the words 'four weeks.' THE COURSER · ISSUE #63 THIS WEEK'S VERDICT Is Lingoda worth $143.99 every four weeks? Worth it. Lingoda is the cheapest way I've found to get real, live, teacher-led speaking practice, and $6.99 for 60 minutes with a certified teacher is a price no private tutor can touch. But it's a timetable, not a library — it only pays off if you actually show up. And budget for 13 payments a year, not 12....
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
