Shayne F.
Freemote Certification Experience
My experience taking the Freemote course itself was great. I can't stress that enough. The course itself is worth the money like so many other people have said. One of the benefits of the Freemote course are the opportunities for detailed feedback on the assignments you submit during the course. The mentors will make sure everything is clear and provide detailed feedback on what you did well and where you can improve. This is not the case with the certification (for those who have finished the course). I didn't get nearly the same quality of feedback on the work I submitted, or really much feedback at all. I thought the certification exercises would be fun to try, but doing so left me with more questions than answers. Adding to the confusion was the fact that the requirements were super unclear. I don't know if that's on purpose (to emulate real-world projects with unclear requirements). But if that's the case, they should say so at the start. When you don't have clear requirements to begin with, and then receive vague feedback on the work you submit, it makes it really difficult to learn/benefit from the experience. I think one way to fix this would be to have a functioning prototype that demonstrates how the finished store should look and behave. They provide a mockup for the first exercise, so why not have a prototype for the other three exercises? Anything less will be subject to interpretation, which means you're going to get frustrated people like me. Responding to someone's questions by simply saying "sorry you were confused" just adds insult to injury and is not constructive in my opinion. I expected better based on my past interactions with Freemote. Very disappointing.