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- they’re the exact same courses taught at prestigious universities, minus the inflated price tags and unnecessary requirements. Whether you’re interested in machine learning, game development, or web security, these free alternatives provide practical skills that translate directly into job opportunities. Stop paying premium prices for mediocre education when world-renowned institutions are giving away their best content. Transform your career prospects without sacrificing your financial future or spending years in outdated classroom settings. Timestamps: 0:00
- Intro 0:58
- $200K tech secret companies hide 2:38
- Hidden degree killer that beats universities 4:13
- AI pioneer’s $200K salary blueprint 5:29
- Nobel winner’s market prediction method 6:43
- Coding bootcamp killer exposed 8:08
- Psychology hack for career advantage 9:22
- MIT’s $140K MBA secret 10:25
- Gaming goldmine schools ignore 11:41
- Zero unemployment skill employers desperately need 13:26
- OG platform that started it all ---------- These videos are for entertainment purposes only and they are just Shane’s opinion based off of his own life experience and the research that he’s done. Shane is not an attorney, CPA, insurance, or financial advisor and the information presented shall not be construed as tax, legal, insurance, safety or financial advice. If stocks or companies are mentioned, Shane might have an ownership interest in them. Affiliate links may be present, the offers and numbers presented may change over time so please make sure to confirm that the offer is still valid. Some offers mentioned may no longer be available or they have been changed. Please don’t make buying or selling decisions based on Shane’s videos. If you need such advice, please contact the qualified legal or financial professionals, don’t just trust the opinion of a stranger on the internet and always make sure to do your own research and enjoy this family friendly content. Sources and further readings for jobs and college degrees: bls.gov(bureau of labor statistics) nces.ed.gov(national center for educational statistics) payscale(provides information on jobs and degrees)
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Intro
0:00
All right, guys. So, today I’m going to
0:01
be blowing the lid off of one of the
0:03
biggest scams in modern society.
0:05
Spending $100,000 and four years of your
0:07
life on a degree that’s worth less than
0:09
what you can get for free online right
0:12
now. And look, I’m not here to sugarcoat
0:14
this. Higher education has become a
0:16
racket that’s leaving students drowning
0:18
in debt while teaching them outdated
0:20
skills that employers don’t even want.
0:22
But here’s the thing that nobody’s
0:23
telling you. Some of the world’s best
0:25
universities are giving away their most
0:27
valuable courses completely free. No
0:29
catches, no free trials that need your
0:31
credit card, no hidden fees, just pure
0:33
high-quality education that can actually
0:36
help you get hired. And today, I’m going
0:37
to be breaking down 10 completely free
0:39
university courses that are better than
0:41
paid degrees in many cases. And I’ll
0:43
tell you exactly why each one of these
0:45
beats the hell out of a lot of those
0:47
expensive degrees. And if this video
0:48
saves just one person from wasting their
0:50
money on a useless degree, then I think
0:52
it’s worth it. So, hit that like button
0:54
and let’s save somebody $100,000 in the
0:56
next 20 minutes. All right, first up
200K tech secret companies hide
0:58
we’ve got MIT’s introduction to computer
1:00
science through their open courseware
1:02
platform. Now, here’s the deal. First of
1:04
all, MIT is for absolute brainiacs, and
1:07
they charge $50,000 a year to attend in
1:10
person, but they’re giving away the
1:11
exact same course materials, lectures,
1:14
and assignments completely free online.
1:16
Now, this isn’t some watered down
1:18
This is the real deal. the
1:20
same foundational CS knowledge that
1:22
powers the tech industry. And you’ll
1:23
learn algorithms, data structures, and
1:25
computational thinking exactly how MIT
1:28
students learn. And yes, you’re not
1:30
going to get the teacher to give you
1:31
feedback, but let’s be real, you’d
1:33
likely be in a classroom of a 100 people
1:34
anyway, so you’re not going to get that
1:36
much one-on-one time in the first place.
1:38
The big difference, you’re not dropping
1:40
$200,000 for the privilege. You’re going
1:42
to be learning at your own pace,
1:43
focusing on material that actually
1:45
matters for your career. And I can tell
1:46
you that employers in tech care way more
1:48
about what you can do than where your
1:51
degree is from. So show them the
1:53
projects that you built from this course
1:55
and they won’t give a damn if you never
1:57
step foot on a college campus. Now this
1:59
isn’t just for coding nerds either.
2:00
Understanding computational thinking is
2:02
valuable across pretty much every
2:04
industry now. And it’s really the
2:05
foundation of what you need before
2:06
specializing in anything techrelated
2:08
from AI to game development. So
2:11
opportunity score, I’m going to give
2:12
this one a solid 9 out of 10. The only
2:14
thing you’re missing here is networking
2:16
and of course a fancy piece of paper.
2:18
Now, by the way, I have a master guide
2:20
that’s updated with the best free or
2:22
extremely affordable resources online.
2:25
We’re talking certificates,
2:26
certifications, and online courses. And
2:29
you can check out that master guide in
2:30
the description and the pin comment
2:32
below. And I’m always keeping it
2:34
updated. So, make sure you check it now
2:35
and check it in the future. All right.
2:37
Course number two is Opensource Society
Hidden degree killer that beats universities
2:40
University, specifically CSPATH. Now,
2:43
most people have never heard of this.
2:44
It’s the Open Source Society
2:45
University’s Computer Science Path on
2:47
GitHub. And this isn’t just one free
2:49
course. It’s an entire computer science
2:51
degree curriculum built from the best
2:54
free courses available online. So, we’re
2:56
talking a complete education from intro
2:58
programming all the way through advanced
3:00
algorithms. And I would actually argue
3:02
that this may be better than most paid
3:04
CS degrees because it’s constantly
3:06
updated by actual developers who know
3:08
what skills are needed in the real
3:10
world, not academics who used to be a
3:13
computer programmer 20 years ago. Right?
3:15
When you pay $50,000 for a CS degree,
3:17
half of what you’re learning will be
3:19
outdated by graduation. With OSSU,
3:22
you’re getting cutting edge material
3:23
that evolves with the industry. Now, the
3:25
other massive advantage is that you can
3:27
skip all the general education
3:29
requirements and other classes
3:30
that most universities make you take
3:32
just to squeeze more tuition out of you.
3:34
I mean, to make you a well-rounded,
3:37
educated student, right? Every minute
3:38
you spend learning is directly relevant
3:40
to becoming a better developer, and
3:42
that’s the way it should be. So, yeah,
3:44
I’m going to give this one a 9.5 out of
3:46
10 opportunity score. Obviously,
3:48
computer science development is not
3:49
going to be for everyone, but this one
3:51
is super valuable. Now, by the way,
3:53
guys, if you’re curious about how I’ve
3:55
grown this YouTube channel and how I
3:56
make these videos, so entertaining yet
3:59
educational, I am going to be hosting a
4:00
live YouTube training on Tuesday at 9:00
4:03
p.m. Eastern Standard Time where I
4:04
basically just revealed the exact
4:06
strategies that I used to grow my
4:08
channel to multiple six figures per
4:09
month. So, that’s another free training
4:11
for you. Course number three is going to
AI pioneer’s $200K salary blueprint
4:13
be Stanford Machine Learning. And this
4:15
one is actually on YouTube. Now, this is
4:18
taught by the absolute gigachad Andrew
4:20
Ing. He is one of the founders of
4:22
Corsera and he’s also one of the world’s
4:24
leading machine learning experts. So he
4:27
is literally on the cutting edge of
4:28
artificial intelligence, machine
4:30
learning and all that gigabrain stuff
4:32
that you hear about. So he isn’t just
4:33
some random professor, right? He’s one
4:35
of the pioneers in this industry and
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he’s led AI teams at freaking Google.
4:40
Now, most boot camps and even many
4:42
university courses will teach you how to
4:44
use machine learning libraries, but they
4:46
skip over the mathematical foundations
4:48
that help you actually understand what’s
4:50
happening under the hood. And that’s
4:52
where this course absolutely demolishes
4:54
paid alternatives. Andrew Ing breaks
4:55
down complex mathematical concepts in a
4:58
way that’s digestible without dumbing it
5:00
down. And you’ll understand the why
5:01
behind machine learning, not just the
5:03
how. And let me be crystal clear here.
5:05
This deep understanding is what
5:07
separates the $60,000 a year jobs from
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the $200,000 a year jobs, right? Anybody
5:12
can import a library and call a
5:14
function. The real value is knowing
5:15
which algorithms to use and how to
5:18
optimize them. So yeah, I’m going to
5:19
give this one a 9 out of 10 opportunity
5:21
score. The only downside is you will
5:23
need to supplement this with more recent
5:24
developments in deep learning, but the
5:26
foundations here are rock solid. All
5:28
right, the next course is the Yale
Nobel winner’s market prediction method
5:30
financial markets course. So this is
5:31
going to be a little bit of change of
5:32
pace. We’re going to be talking about
5:34
finance and economics, not tech. Now,
5:36
this is available completely free on
5:37
YouTube, and it’s taught by a Nobel
5:39
Prizewinning economist, Robert Schiller.
5:41
And this is a perfect example of how
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free online education can actually be
5:45
better than expensive alternatives. When
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you take a finance course at most
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universities, you’re learning from
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professors who might be academically
5:52
brilliant, but have zero real world
5:54
experience. Robert Schiller, on the
5:56
other hand, not only predicted the 2008
5:58
housing crisis, but he spent decades
6:00
studying market behavior. And he brings
6:02
insights that go far beyond textbook
6:05
finance. And what I love about this
6:06
course is that it doesn’t just teach you
6:08
the mechanics of financial markets. It
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gives you a deep understanding of why
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markets behave the way they do. And the
6:14
psychological element is something
6:16
that’s usually missing from traditional
6:18
finance or economic education. So
6:20
whether you’re looking to work in
6:21
finance or you just want to manage your
6:22
own investments better, this course
6:24
gives you an Ivy League quality
6:26
education without the Ivy League price
6:28
tag. So I’m going to give this one an 8
6:29
out of 10. And that’s a very solid
6:31
score, by the way. The only reason I
6:32
don’t give it higher is just because I
6:34
think a lot of people probably aren’t
6:35
going to be interested in this or
6:36
interested in going into a career path
6:38
related to it. Now, this video would not
6:39
be complete without the next one on this
6:41
list. This is an absolutely epic
Coding bootcamp killer exposed
6:43
organization, and that is Free Code
6:45
Camp, and it’s their full curriculum.
6:47
Now, Free Code Camp or FCC offers a
6:50
completely free comprehensive coding
6:52
education that covers everything from
6:54
basic HTML to advanced machine learning.
6:57
But what makes it special is that it’s
6:58
entirely projectbased. You don’t just
7:00
learn the concepts, you immediately
7:02
apply them by building real projects.
7:04
And by the time you finish their
7:06
curriculum, you’ll have a portfolio of
7:07
over 30 projects that demonstrate your
7:09
skills to employers. And I can honestly
7:11
say that most $10,000 boot camps are
7:14
probably just repackaging the same
7:16
information that you can get for free on
7:18
Free Code Camp, but just with a fancy
7:20
marketing department and a hefty price
7:21
tag. Now, the other killer advantage of
7:23
Free Code Camp is the built-in
7:25
community. You’ve got forums, chat
7:27
rooms, and meetups where you can connect
7:28
with other learners. Sometimes you can
7:30
find mentors, and you can even get job
7:32
referrals. Now, the proof is in the
7:34
pudding. Free Code Camp has helped
7:36
thousands of people land developer jobs
7:38
at companies like Microsoft, Google,
7:40
Spotify, etc. And their curriculum is
7:42
constantly updated to reflect current
7:44
industry needs. These guys are freaking
7:46
awesome. I’ve studied a ton of stuff on
7:48
Free Code Camp. I’m not even sure how
7:50
they’re able to operate. I think they
7:51
rely on donations and funding, but I’m
7:53
not exaggerating when I say that this is
7:54
legitimately better than many computer
7:56
science degrees that cost $100,000. 10
7:59
out of 10. All right. So, the next one
8:00
might surprise you because this is a
8:01
degree that I’ve dunked on many times on
8:04
this channel, but I’m not talking about
8:05
a degree here. I’m talking about Yale’s
Psychology hack for career advantage
8:08
introduction to psychology on YouTube.
8:10
And you might be thinking, Shane, what
8:11
the hell does psychology have to do with
8:13
getting a job? And also, Shane, haven’t
8:15
you made fun of psychology degrees like
8:17
a hundred times on this channel? Well, I
8:19
actually think that psychology is a
8:21
super valuable skill. Understanding
8:22
human behavior is a superpower in
8:24
virtually any field. Whether you’re in
8:26
marketing, management, design, or
8:28
customer service, knowing what drives
8:30
people’s decisions gives you a massive
8:32
advantage. I’m just not a fan of getting
8:34
a college degree and paying $100,000 to
8:36
learn it. With that being said, I think
8:38
psychology is super interesting, and
8:40
Yale’s course covers everything from
8:41
cognitive development and brain
8:43
structure to social psychology and
8:45
mental health. But unlike many
8:46
psychology programs that focus purely on
8:48
theory, this course consistently
8:50
connects concepts to realworld
8:52
applications. And what makes this better
8:54
than paid alternatives is that you’re
8:56
getting one of the world’s best
8:57
psychology courses without the fluff
8:59
that universities add to stretch it into
9:01
a 4-year degree. So, I’m going to give
9:03
this one an opportunity score of 7.5 out
9:05
of 10. It’s not directly vocational.
9:07
It’s right. It’s not going to directly
9:08
get you a job, but I think it’s going to
9:09
be useful in almost any career path or
9:12
any career field. So, just for those
9:13
people out there that think I’m like a
9:15
social sciences hater, you know, I hate
9:17
all the social sciences. I don’t. I
9:18
think they’re really cool. And here’s an
9:20
example of that. All right. Next is
MIT’s $140K MBA secret
9:22
going to be MIT Sloan School of
9:24
Management Lectures. And this is
9:25
available for free through MIT Open
9:27
Courseware. So, an MBA from MIT will set
9:29
you back about $140,000 in tuition
9:32
alone, not counting the two years of
9:34
lost income and the extra costs
9:35
associated with it. But guess what? Many
9:37
of their best business courses are
9:39
available completely free online. And
9:41
these lectures cover everything from
9:43
entrepreneurship and marketing to
9:45
finance and operations management. So
9:46
you’re getting insights from the same
9:48
professors who teach in one of the
9:49
world’s top business schools. And what
9:51
makes this better than paid alternatives
9:53
is that most business degrees are padded
9:55
with unnecessary courses and outdated
9:57
case studies. And with MIT’s open
9:59
courseware, you can focus specifically
10:01
on topics that are relevant to your
10:03
career goals. Now, the other advantage
10:05
is that you can apply what you’re
10:06
learning to real business situations
10:08
immediately rather than spending years
10:10
in a classroom before putting knowledge
10:12
into practice. So, I really like this
10:14
one. I’m going to go ahead and give it
10:15
an opportunity score of 9 out of 10.
10:17
Obviously, this one would be better for
10:18
the business-minded people and
10:20
specifically people who want to be in
10:21
either executive positions or management
10:23
positions. All right, next is going to
Gaming goldmine schools ignore
10:25
be Harvard’s legendary CS50 curriculum.
10:29
And there’s a lot of different things
10:30
they cover. They cover computer science
10:32
in general and they also cover things
10:33
like game development. And this is
10:35
available on their website and also on
10:37
YouTube. So just as an example, the
10:39
introduction to game development
10:40
available free on YouTube is super
10:42
valuable. Now believe it or not, the
10:44
gaming industry is now bigger than the
10:45
film and music industries combined and
10:48
it generates over $180 billion a year
10:51
annually. Yet most computer science
10:53
programs barely touch on game
10:55
development. They treat it as a niche
10:57
rather than a major tech sector. and all
10:59
of the Harvard CS50 courses, they’re all
11:01
amazing, but this course specifically
11:02
teaches you game development
11:04
fundamentals using industry standard
11:06
tools like Unity and Lua. So, you’ll
11:08
learn everything from basic 2D games,
11:10
which by the way, those can sell like
11:11
crazy, think Angry Birds, to more
11:13
complex 3D environments. And what makes
11:16
this better than specialized game
11:17
development schools that charge $30,000
11:19
a year, is you’re learning the
11:21
fundamentals that transfer across
11:23
platforms and engines, not just specific
11:25
tools that might be outdated in a few
11:27
years. Plus, the projects you build
11:29
throughout the course can go straight
11:30
into your portfolio, giving you tangible
11:33
evidence of your skills when applying
11:34
for jobs. So, yeah, this one’s pretty
11:36
niche, but Harvard CS50 in general is
11:38
amazing. I’m going to give it a 9 out of
11:40
- Next is going to be the Web Security
Zero unemployment skill employers desperately need
11:43
Academy, and this one is by Portswiger,
11:45
which is a little bit of a weird name,
11:47
but these are the people who created the
11:48
Burp Suite, which is the industry
11:50
standard web security testing tool. And
11:52
cyber security is one of the few fields
11:54
with basically zero unemployment. If you
11:57
have cyber security skills, if you’re
11:58
good at cyber security skills, you can
12:00
be the most like useless person in the
12:03
world and you’re still going to get a
12:04
job. Like, sorry, I I don’t mean to be
12:06
like critical here, but you could
12:07
literally be like the worst employee
12:09
ever and they’re still going to employ
12:10
you. And I’m actually thinking of
12:12
specific people right when I’m saying
12:13
this. Companies are literally desperate
12:16
for security professionals, and the
12:17
skill gap is only widening. And most
12:19
university cyber security programs are
12:21
hopelessly outdated. They’re teaching
12:23
you concepts that were relevant like a
12:24
decade ago, but they don’t address
12:26
modern threats. But Port Swigger’s Web
12:28
Security Academy, which is a bit of a
12:30
mouthful, is different. It’s created by
12:32
actual security professionals who are on
12:34
the front lines of detecting and
12:36
preventing web vulnerabilities every
12:38
single day. And the course includes
12:39
interactive labs that simulate realworld
12:42
scenarios, allowing you to practice
12:44
identifying and exploiting security
12:45
flaws in a safe environment. and you’ll
12:47
learn everything from SQL injection and
12:49
cross-sight scripting to authentication
12:51
vulnerabilities and access control. So,
12:53
what makes this better than paid
12:55
alternatives? Well, one thing is you get
12:56
to dip your toe in cyber security and
12:58
see if it’s for you. But also, it’s the
13:00
hands-on nature of the training. You’re
13:01
not just reading about security
13:03
concepts. You’re actively practicing the
13:05
skills that employers are looking for.
13:06
So, yeah, this one I have to give it an
13:08
opportunity score of 9 out of 10. Cyber
13:10
security professionals are in extremely
13:12
high demand, and this course provides
13:14
practical skills that many degree
13:15
programs lack. All right, next is an
13:18
absolute OG. I’m sure probably 90% of
13:21
people watching this video know about
13:23
them, and that is Con Academy. They are
OG platform that started it all
13:26
some of the goats of free online
13:29
education. They’re absolutely amazing.
13:31
They’ve probably helped just about
13:32
everybody here study for like a math
13:34
test or a chemistry test or a biology
13:36
test at some point in the past. And this
13:38
video would not be complete without
13:39
them. And Ahan Academy does just about
13:42
everything. They do mathematics,
13:43
chemistry, biology. They even touch on
13:45
computer science and all kinds of
13:46
different stuff like that. Now, of
13:48
course, they’re available for free on
13:49
YouTube. They also have a website, and I
13:51
only included them at the end because I
13:53
think everybody knows about them
13:54
already. But yeah, their teaching is
13:56
very engaging. I love how they use the
13:58
blackboard with the colored markers, and
14:00
they just do a great job of explaining
14:02
things. So, I’m going to give them a
14:03
score of 9.5 out of 10. All right, guys.
14:06
Make sure you check out that master list
14:07
of resources. It has all of my biggest
14:09
recommendations because obviously, you
14:11
know, the subject or the field that you
14:13
want to go into may not have been in
14:15
this video, but there’s a ton of great
14:16
recommendations down there. Now, one
14:18
thing a lot of these courses do lack is
14:19
an actual certificate at the end and
14:21
then also some brand name awareness and
14:23
other help in actually landing the job.
14:26
That is something that, for instance,
14:27
the Google career certificates actually
14:29
fill in pretty well. And those are very
14:31
affordable, about $49 a month. If you’re
14:33
interested in hearing about the best
14:35
Google career certificates, I actually
14:36
made a tier list which you can check out
14:38
right here.