What skill have you taught yourself entirely from YouTube and free online resources that you actually use regularly - the real question

[Cole_25]

The internet has made self-teaching almost anything possible. What have you actually learned from free online resources that you use in real life, not just dabbled with?

Looking for genuine examples not aspirational ones

[Layla79]

Plumbing basics. Fixed three leaking taps, replaced a toilet flush mechanism, and fitted a new radiator valve entirely from YouTube. Each job would have cost 100 to 200 pounds for a plumber. The learning was free

[Sequence]

Cheers for that. Ha, fair enough

[Restless Barrel]

That is one way of looking at it. Ha, fair enough

[ScarletDaemon]

Touch typing. Keybr.com over three months. I type at 95 words per minute now. I typed at 40 with four fingers before. That skill pays dividends every single day

[Emma29]

Photo editing in Lightroom from free YouTube tutorials. Changed how I use photography as a hobby completely. Never paid for a course

[SpinState]

Sourdough bread. Several failed attempts following YouTube videos but the learning was in the failures. Now I bake it weekly and understand the fermentation chemistry well enough to troubleshoot

[NeutrinoX74]

Intermediate Spanish. Duolingo plus a YouTube channel called Dreaming Spanish using comprehensible input. Two years. I can hold a real conversation. Still not fluent but functional

[HeartbreakKid]

Excel and Google Sheets beyond the basics. Index match, pivot tables, VBA basics. Free tutorials on YouTube and the Microsoft support site. Made my job significantly more efficient

[IronQuarry98]

Car maintenance basics. Oil changes, brake pad replacement, battery testing. The YouTube repair communities for most car models are extraordinary. A 60 pound job that a garage charges 300 pounds for becomes a Saturday afternoon