TeamTreeHouse, to enroll or not to enroll

[doktorwho]

For a beginner in programming with some prior experience and the one eager to get started in c would you recommend?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I don't have experience with TeamTreeHouse, but there is so much free content out there for programming that I am suspicious it's worth $200/m.

 

[AaronK]

I've heard good things about it (I know of someone on quora who entered a web development course with TreeHouse and ended up landing a junior web developer job after three months of dedicated study--he had no prior experience, nor a degree related to computer science (or any STEM discipline)--he was still a "beginner" as a programmer, but had learned enough to demonstrate enough of a level of competance to land a job with no other qualifications).

On the other hand, if you work hard, you can learn c without paying anything (or very little--not $200/m). There are many free resources and even experts that can be persuaded to give insights (also for free) when asked online (whether through e-mail, a forum like this, or quora)--expert insights and mentorship are more or less easily reachable now through the asking of any questions you have (while learning) online in specific places.

 

[JorisL]

I quite liked the approach in this book https://learncodethehardway.org/c/ (it used to be free though)
I recently went through Kernighan and Ritchie's book again and I think it can be a great resource if you do all/most of the exercises.
I wouldn't use it as a first book though. It can be quite hard.