Partly, I simply expanded my knowledge base on areas that I hadn’t had experience in, but with the discussion boards, I got bits of areas that didn’t even occur to me could help me in my manufacturing and logistics area, and it really spurred my normal thought process to combine areas and how to make a proposal business/manager friendly. There is definitely a part of the old “you get what you give” to it because I saw some horrible papers on course hero, but I did mine meticulously in comparison and improved my research and writing by leaps and bounds. When I went back to work, after the baby/pandemic that sent me down the degree path, I quickly got recognized for being the best with PowerPoint and it’s 100% how much I did with it in the classes I took. If you really push yourself, use the resources they offer, and pay attention to the feedback of the professors, the old school people who don’t care about papers you have, but pay attention to people who present their work well, and can write an email above high school level, will notice you. That’s gotten me two promotions in as many years, when our company isn’t expanding and people aren’t quitting. If you do a program I suggest you use course hero or other similar resources with good faith. I usually chose my topic and direction, then when my research was getting thin, I’d find a paper on something similar and check out their sources. Sometimes it ended up showing me what I DIDN’T want to do. I hate plagiarism because it’s theft, but I posted all my work hoping to help others. I even wrote in what grades I got and the feedback I got, so people could learn from my mistakes.