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Re:Ask HN: Master vs. Udacity nanodegree by umlaut on Friday September 16, 2016 @03:24PM (#12516590)
I just finished the Udacity machine learning nanodegree a bit over a month ago. While it is good (and getting better) at teaching techniques and material, you miss a lot in terms of access to research faculty.

There aren't any research projects, and you won't ever operate at the cutting edge (WaveNet!) at Udacity. It's like trade school for software, which is fine if you're highly motivated or just want to acquire some skills.

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Re:Ask HN: Master vs. Udacity nanodegree by tedmiston on Friday September 16, 2016 @07:01PM (#12517999)
> There aren't any research projects, and you won't ever operate at the cutting edge (WaveNet!) at Udacity

Besides doing specific research, the CS grad curriculum at most schools is hardly cutting edge either. Sometimes it lags quite a bit behind the real world because of faculty being more focused on their own research vs teaching.

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