PSA: I paid $350 for a 12 week online course that just read the textbook to me and I want my weekends back | Cognitive Dissonance Diaries

Quinn Carr · 2026-10-08T08:15:03.366152+00:00

I signed up for this data analytics course back in March thinking it would get me a better job, but every single video was just the teacher reading slides word for word from a book I could have borrowed from the library for free. I spent 6 Saturdays glued to my laptop instead of hiking with my dog, and I keep telling myself I learned something even though I still can't write a basic query without looking it up. Has anyone else paid for a course that turned out to be a total replay of free stuff, and how did you decide whether to bail or push through?

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PSA: I paid $350 for a 12 week online course that just read the textbook to me and I want my weekends back | Cognitive Dissonance Diaries - Thought Shares