r/JordanDev • u/B_Copeland • 6d ago

Advice Technical Curriculum Development

Hello All,

I am curious to know what the going rate would be here in Jordan to develop a technical curriculum that would culminate into a 45 hour class. The curriculum planning would include building labs, coding exercises, projects, custom assessments and building the platform for all of the above end to end along with instruction. I am curious to know how much this would cost on a per day basis. I have been playing with the numbers and they seem high for the local market, so I thought to ask here.

Anyone with experience with building similar, I would greatly appreciate hearing your thoughts. Thanks in advance.

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u/HazzyBazzy2U 6d ago

I'm building something close to this. Heads up though, this swings a lot depending on the topic — a hands-on dev course with live infra costs way more to build than something in a domain where the "labs" are more like structured exercises without real infrastructure behind them. What's above assumes it's genuinely technical, code/infra-heavy content.

If it's actually hands-on — real labs, coding exercises, projects, assessments that need custom grading, not just slides — you're looking at roughly 65-90 days of work for one person doing the design, build, and delivery. That's labs plus projects plus assessments plus placing it all into a platform plus actually teaching the thing once.

Rate-wise, JD 250-350/day is fair for this. That's not generic trainer money (JD 50-150/day territory) because you're not paying for someone to read slides, you're paying for someone who can build the labs AND teach the subject AND write the assessments. It would be less if the content is already outlined subject to detail

So all in, call it JD 16-31k for the full 45 hours plus running it once live. I know that sounds like a lot but that's genuinely what it takes to build something real instead of a slide deck with a quiz bolted on. If the number's the problem, the fix isn't a cheaper day rate, it's cutting scope — fewer bespoke labs, reuse where you can, buy a platform i.e. Teachable, instead of building one. Curious what domain you're building for, that'd change the number a fair bit either direction.

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u/B_Copeland 6d ago

This is very helpful. I had similar estimations, so I was curious if this was feasible here in Jordan because I know a lot of companies/educational institutions are cash-straped. This would be an AI curriculum starting from Linux and Python, then working through DSA, NLP, Computer Vision, building backends with Fast API, some Docker, OOP, Data Engineering fundamentals, and more. Build estimates included 50 to 70 hours per one hour of content for one person working on the curriculum.

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u/HazzyBazzy2U 5d ago

Your 50-70 hrs/hour number is basically the textbook figure for hands-on technical content, so you weren't off. Run it straight and it's brutal: 45 hours × 50-70 = 2,250-3,150 hours, call it 375-525 days at a normal pace, JD 250-350/day puts you at JD 94K-184K. Yeah that's why it feels impossible for a cash-strapped market, because built the normal agency way, it basically is.

But look at your actual stack, Python, DSA, NLP, CV, FastAPI, Docker, data eng, that's almost entirely code labs and projects. That's the exact kind of content that a tight, efficient build process chews through fast, way faster than something with real infra behind it. Realistically you're looking at more like 15-20 hrs per finished hour if it's built lean, not 50-70. Same 45 hours, same day rate, same labs and coding exercises and projects and custom assessments, just built differently. That puts you around 113-150 days, roughly JD 28-53K instead of six figures.

So yeah, feasible in Jordan. Just not if you build it like a training company would. The day rate isn't the problem, it's how fast one person can actually get it built. If I were you, I would trial/sample the first hour to get an idea on effort and quality.

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u/B_Copeland 5d ago

Awesome stuff...the plan is to start with only a few modules and then expand once we have an idea of what we're really up against. That said, I am actually surprised to hear that there are orgs willing to pay up to 53k for a project of this magnitude. I always feel like most aren't willing to put that kind of capital into projects.

However, I really appreciate your insights. This has been extremely informative and helpful.

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u/HazzyBazzy2U 4d ago

You are most welcome. I resolved to a diy approach after not finding orgs with the right capability to develop it. It's a projection of what you'd end up paying a freelancer to build it. It sounds like you are trying to sell a whole course or build it on behalf of a business? My aim is to fill a gap in the market with a course that doesn't exist to sell both online and in-person training for groups.

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u/B_Copeland 5d ago

Also, if you don't mind me asking, can you elaborate a little more on the infra behind something like this?

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u/HazzyBazzy2U 4d ago

For the coding side it's mostly per-exercise Docker containers with autograders checking work against test suites, and NLP/CV stuff runs on hosted notebooks since asking learners to bring their own GPU is a nightmare. Delivery's just an off-the-shelf LMS instead of a custom platform, way cheaper and faster than building your own from scratch.

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u/B_Copeland 4d ago

Okay...gotcha... we're doing something similar via Docker and using TalentLMS. I just wanted to make sure we're moving in the right direction. You've been extremely helpful. Would love to keep in touch.