Online Columbia Value Investing Course

Long time lurker here. 2nd year PE associate at a MF, previously did banking at GS/MS, joining a large SM in a few and wondering if it would be worthwhile to do the 9 week online value investing course from Columbia. I went to a target undergrad, but I’ve never actually taken a finance class and it hasn’t been an issue so far, but this next gig seems kinda intense and I wonder if it wouldn’t at the very least help me feel more confident if I took some sort of course. I know some online courses can be a poor approximation of the real thing though, and I wouldn’t want to sign away all of my free time on something that won’t be of any use. Thoughts?

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