Study Route Choice

Several ways to study the subject, each with a different cost in time, money and follow-through, and you keep going in circles. Give the options, your constraints and your end goal. You get a weighted decision matrix scoring each route on time to outcome, cost, depth, credential value, flexibility and how likely you are to actually finish it.

I'm deciding how to study {SUBJECT_OR_FIELD} and I have these options: {OPTIONS_LIST}.

My constraints: {TIME_MONEY_CONSTRAINTS}
My goal: {END_GOAL}

Build a weighted decision matrix. Score each route on: time to employable outcome, total cost, depth of knowledge gained, credential value, flexibility around my life, and likelihood I actually finish it. Weight the factors based on my stated goal. Show the table. Then tell me which route the numbers point to and which factor I should stop kidding myself about.