Any additional training is valuable.
As a hiring manager, I don't care where someone obtained that additional training. For certs that required testing, as long as the person has passed the exams, it certainly doesn't matter to me where they were trained.
It's even better when someone takes that training and does hands-on work afterward. That hands-on experience can be coding at home, building apps on your local machine, doing UX designs or UX research for existing apps for your portfolio, or writing marketing emails for a made-up B2B firm.
Of course, some courses/training fall outside of the "you can practice on your own" category, but if you can, please do.
If additional training costs money that you don't have, learning via free sources like YouTube can still be helpful. You may not have the successful course completion documentation) but if you can do the work, talk the talk, and understand the concepts, that's better than not having any training.
Another note on free training sources: many public libraries offer free access to Udemy courses, and becoming a member of your local public library is free. :)
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