Most people don't know what to learn, or where to find the resources.

When you google around, you either find something too advanced or to "beginner" and it gets frustrating.

When I started learning how to code, I was learning JavaScript, cause I didn't really get the "concept" of web apps, back end and front end. I didn't even know there was a concept to "get"... "Rails? What's that?"

So really, that's what you're paying for with these online code schools, someone to show you the way.