[pinkcan]

I have done this recently, through upwork for a tech related topic. I am very comfortable with platform but I'm sure I could have used a different one for other topics.

Posted a job description – initially setup by asking gpt4 to help write it down, then grammarly to make it solid; setup interviews with a bunch of people; got on a call with a handful; chose one whit whom I'm working with once or twice a week.

Did it because YT tutorials were not helping, because there are a lot of them(hot topic), from many different people, with quickly outdated material, and un-interesting or annoying people(too many memes, jokes, or segways).

Now I have someone I pay to get on a call a few times per week, we go over the assignments, I ask questions, they tell me what to look out for and how to do it better.

I have accepted to pay per hour a bit above what I make on my fulltime job.

[charlie0]

"Outdated material". This is main reason I go with Udemy courses on subjects I'm really serious about learning. Many, if not all, of the best teachers on there update their courses with new material as needed.

I don't see this on YT as much and there are subjects, mainly front end JS frameworks, that are frequently changing. So much so that I often run into backwards breaking changes and have to resort to the comments section for corrections.

[pinkcan]

It would be nice if creators would hide their videos once they start getting outdated, or clearly mark them with version numbers in the titles, but they're not incentivised to do that so I shouldn't blame them.

I sense that youtube is happy with users wasting away looking for the right video tutorial.

[moneywoes]

May I ask what topic?

Curious how the online material compares

[pinkcan]

sorry but this is a throwaway