Hey there,
RFS started with a hunch. At a meetup, talking to young architects and freelancers, one sentence kept coming up:
“I want to learn Revit, but I don’t know where to start.”
I built RFS on the belief that this wasn’t a small problem. Three batches in, the registration data actually backs that up, and I wanted the first issue of this newsletter to show you the real numbers instead of just telling you.
The Question We Actually Asked
Every batch, the registration form asks one simple question: “Have you used Revit before?”
Not to filter anyone out. To understand exactly who was showing up, and whether the gap I thought I saw was actually there.
Across Batch 1, Batch 2, and Batch 3, 120 people answered that question honestly. Here’s what came back.
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82.5%
HAD NO REAL REVIT EXPERIENCE
Either complete beginners, or self-taught through scattered tutorials with no structure behind it.
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Have You Used Revit Before?
COMBINED ACROSS BATCH 1, 2 & 3 · 120 RESPONSES
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The “self-taught” number is the one that actually explains why RFS works the way it does. Almost half of everyone who registers has already tried to learn Revit on their own, usually through scattered YouTube videos, and hit a wall. Not because they weren’t capable. Because nobody had laid out a real, structured path for them. That’s the exact sentence that started this whole thing, showing up again in the data, batch after batch.
The Same Pattern, Three Times in a Row
What convinced me this wasn’t a fluke wasn’t the combined number. It was seeing roughly the same split show up independently in every single batch.
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Three different batches, three different groups of people, and the number never dropped below three out of four. That consistency is what told me this wasn’t a one-time surge of interest. It’s a real, ongoing gap.
My Favorite Response
Every batch’s form includes an open text field, and most people skip it. One answer from Batch 1 stuck with me more than any percentage did:
| “Try to learn myself by watching YouTube videos. But a long time has passed so I forgot it all.” |
That’s not a lack of effort. That’s what happens when motivation exists but structure doesn’t. It’s the exact reason RFS builds every week around two projects, one we build together live, one you build on your own, so what you learn actually sticks instead of fading the way scattered tutorials do.
What This Means Going Forward
This data doesn’t just validate the idea, it shapes how RFS is built. Knowing that most students walk in with genuinely zero structured background is exactly why Week 1 starts from true zero, why homework ties directly to a real project instead of generic exercises, and why the course stays live instead of pre-recorded. Structure is the actual product here, not just the software.
If you’re one of the 120 people behind these numbers, thank you for answering honestly. And if you’re reading this before ever filling out that form, now you know exactly who you’d be joining.
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Ahmed Raza
Founder, Revit From Scratch
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