Comet Academy compared with Recorded online courses
A recorded course is a library. This is a deadline.
Large course platforms host enormous, well-produced libraries covering nearly every subject, often for less than the price of a meal out, and frequently taught by people who are genuinely expert.
You can start immediately, go at your own pace, and rewatch anything as many times as you like. For learning a defined skill, that format works well.
Pick Recorded online courses if…
- You want one specific skill rather than a finished product.
- Your schedule is unpredictable and a fixed class time would not survive it.
- You want to sample a subject cheaply before committing to anything.
- You already have a project and only need to fill one gap in it.
Pick us if…
- You want a finished thing at the end, not a completion percentage.
- You need a fixed date on the calendar to make it real.
- You want your specific project looked at, not a general lesson.
- You want to be in a room with other people doing it at the same time.
Side by side.
| Recorded online courses | Comet Academy | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Recorded, watch any time | Live, twice a week, at a set time |
| What you leave with | A certificate and notes | One working product you built |
| Class size | Thousands, unlimited | A fixed, small cohort |
| Feedback on your work | Rare, or a forum | Three checkpoints with the instructor |
| Cost | Tens of dollars | $950, once |
The short answer
A recorded course is much cheaper and you should use one if the goal is to learn a skill. This is a different purchase: a deadline, a small group and somebody checking your work, so that a thing exists at the end. Judge it on whether the thing exists.
Compared with something else