Re:Mastery with SQL: Learn Modern SQL with Postgres
by nickjj on Monday June 24, 2019 @09:48AM
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I think courses and books are super valuable.
For example, I've been building a new web app with Elixir and Phoenix for the last few weeks, learning as I go. Couple hours a day (when I can basically). Did nothing but skim the docs and look at open source examples.
I got pretty far and made real progress but the other day I decided to just buy the Programming Phoenix 1.4 book which is written by the people who made Elixir and Phoenix.
I'm now 80% done with the book and I'm very happy I bought it. It filled in SO many gaps and I have a ton of actionable "TODOs" in my app to make changes based on what I learned in the book. Some of these are really big wins and the insights learned help me understand how to write better code in the future (even outside of Elixir).
When it comes to courses, I can't speak for OP but I personally offer free life time updates and support (I happen to create courses too, but not on SQL). Having a get out of jail free card where you can ask someone a question and get an answer is worth the course's price alone. Especially considering if you were to hire someone for that level of support you would probably end up paying 3 or 4 times the cost of the entire course just for 1 hour's worth of support.
For example, I've been building a new web app with Elixir and Phoenix for the last few weeks, learning as I go. Couple hours a day (when I can basically). Did nothing but skim the docs and look at open source examples.
I got pretty far and made real progress but the other day I decided to just buy the Programming Phoenix 1.4 book which is written by the people who made Elixir and Phoenix.
I'm now 80% done with the book and I'm very happy I bought it. It filled in SO many gaps and I have a ton of actionable "TODOs" in my app to make changes based on what I learned in the book. Some of these are really big wins and the insights learned help me understand how to write better code in the future (even outside of Elixir).
When it comes to courses, I can't speak for OP but I personally offer free life time updates and support (I happen to create courses too, but not on SQL). Having a get out of jail free card where you can ask someone a question and get an answer is worth the course's price alone. Especially considering if you were to hire someone for that level of support you would probably end up paying 3 or 4 times the cost of the entire course just for 1 hour's worth of support.