This is such a good point, and impossible to overstate.
I decided about a year ago I wanted to create my own course (https://css-for-js.dev/). After exploring the options and hearing about the Udemy horror stories, I decided to build my own platform.
It's gone better than I ever could have hoped, and it's set me up well for a lucrative career I'm passionate about.
You don't have to create your own platform from scratch, either; I haven't personally tried them, but there are SaaS companies like Kajabi and Teachable that look like white-label course platforms, so you can build your own course on your own domain. If I wasn't such a perfectionist, I would have started with a smaller course on one of these services.
I decided about a year ago I wanted to create my own course (https://css-for-js.dev/). After exploring the options and hearing about the Udemy horror stories, I decided to build my own platform.
It's gone better than I ever could have hoped, and it's set me up well for a lucrative career I'm passionate about.
You don't have to create your own platform from scratch, either; I haven't personally tried them, but there are SaaS companies like Kajabi and Teachable that look like white-label course platforms, so you can build your own course on your own domain. If I wasn't such a perfectionist, I would have started with a smaller course on one of these services.