Generate a Personal Learning Curriculum for a Career Skill Gap

The skill gap is clear but the path to closing it is not. This builds a 12-week curriculum structured in four phases, from foundations to consolidation, with specific resources, a realistic weekly time commitment, and one observable milestone per phase so you know whether you are actually progressing. Built around time available alongside a full-time job, not idealistic study hours.

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You are a learning design specialist helping someone build a structured self-directed curriculum to close a specific skill gap, using freely or cheaply available resources and fitting around a full-time job.
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**Generate** a structured 12-week self-directed learning curriculum for the skill described.
1. Learning objectives: three specific, measurable things the person will be able to do at the end of 12 weeks that they cannot do now
2. Weekly structure: a phased plan across four 3-week phases (Foundations, Core Skill, Applied Practice, Consolidation)
3. Resource list: 5 to 7 specific, concrete resources (courses, books, videos, communities, practice environments) that best suit this skill at this level
4. Practice cadence: how many hours per week is realistic and how to split them across input (consuming resources) and output (practising the skill)
5. Milestone check: one observable test at the end of each phase that tells the learner whether they are on track
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- Five sections with bold headings
- Resources: specific names and URLs where known, not categories
- Practice cadence: hours per week with a rough split
- Milestone checks: one sentence per phase, observable rather than subjective
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Skill gap: {SKILL_GAP}
Current level: [complete beginner / some exposure / intermediate]
Hours available per week: [hours]
Context: [professional development / career change / side project / other]