I've gotten many hundreds of messages like this since my MOOCs on algorithms launched in 2011.

Hearing stories like this never, ever gets old. 

@has so happy you found it useful!

One unexpected thing about the MOOCs is that it's in some sense the "pursest" teaching that I've ever done --- no certification, no assessment (other than self-assessment), etc. Everyone there was/is hungry for knowledge and skills, in many cases with few other avenues to attain them

Head of research at a16z crypto.
Professor, Columbia University.

Eng @ Coinbase, working on Base
https://bayardo.org

True even the most privileged don't currently have too many other avenues for learning that material in a time-efficient way...

Just wait until he takes your foundations of blockchain course! 🤯

I enrolled for your Algorithms specialization many times but found the theory hard to grasp. I'll attempt once more this year💪

Absolutely! Don't want to overdramatise this but: I grew up typical low income Indian family. The course not just helped me with tactical algo skills but I feel in love with CS theory in very deep ways. Today, I'm definitely in the 1%, and doing AI in a YC company. You were my "I'm there for those who seek" Jedi master