I'm not of the opinion that a thoughtfully/skillfully developed curriculum is worth little. I'm not even sure you can generally buy its equivalent with patience

I'm not of the opinion that a thoughtfully/skillfully developed curriculum is worth little. I'm not even sure you can generally buy its equivalent with patience as payment, so to speak. Personally, I found the Udacity self-driving car 'nanodegree' program to be worth the money (and time), although I haven't reaped any financial reward from it yet. However, I have also enjoyed and learned from free online courses (Coursera ML, ludobots).