A Reddit user is seeking advice on whether to enroll in a federal educational program that offers free certifications and skills training, hoping to break out of a cycle of low-skill hourly work with little room for advancement. The poster, who has been stuck in positions where promotion is blocked by long lines of senior coworkers, expresses understandable wariness about certification programs after the wave of predatory for-profit schools like WyoTech, Heald, and Everest that plagued the early 2000s. The post highlights a common dilemma for working adults weighing the promise of government-funded training against the very real risk of wasting time and effort on low-quality programs that are difficult to evaluate based on course names alone. The thread invites community members to weigh in on how to vet these programs and whether the federal option is worth pursuing.
Will be joining a federal educational program that will allow me to pick up skills/certs at no cost and looking to use it to make a new change. Currently just working hourly low skill jobs where moving up is not gonna happen when you got 5-10 other seniors waiting for it and keeping it for another 15-20. Honestly Cert programs have always been a fear mainly due to those false Cert schools back in the early 2000s. Like WyoTech, Heald, Everest, westwood. Opinions and advice. I know these dont show whats being taught and you cannot really gauge how well the program maybe just based off the courses name alone. https://imgur.com/a/OdR3AB2 submitted by /u/IvanVP1 [link] [comments]
