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+1. You can easily turn 10 hours of connecting the dots into 2 hours with the right materials.

Though in my experience, the courses on Udemy/Udacity and the like have been disappointing. I always get the feeling that they're trying to fill up time, and they tend to move really slowly.

I've had more luck with books being very useful.

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I often go through these "amazing courses", everything makes sense, everything works, and then I'm unable to do anything other than what the course showed. So, I'm still forced to spend some hours outside of the course to really learn.

This 2-hour-course vs 10-hour-learning is a false dichotomy to me.

YMMV. I chose 'materials' instead of courses specifically since I've found books to be more useful.

A course, or any kind of structured learning, is just a foundation. I would still expect to spend hours outside of the course, but with a good background I can now search for more specific things than if I had started w/ a blank slate.

I have mixed feelings about Udemy. On one hand, it's a large platform with lots of interested customers. On the other, courses are often heavily discounted and priced very low. 50+ hours of content for $20? You have to treat your audience like they're both smart and busy. I don't have time for that. I'd rather pay $100 for 5 hours of good content.

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