So there's no guarantee it'll work, or that he'll even be good at it. But it could still be useful. Maybe learning the nature of it would give him a starting point in figuring out what's ideal for what he wants and what isn't. Or it could give him an advantage in case it does work and something needs to be changed on the fly. And, if he had to guess, perhaps learning the methods behind it would be less hideously expensive than contracting multiple custom jobs. It'd be just like taking piano lessons or something, wouldn't it?

"Okay, I think I get what you mean. So you'd basically be like a tutor or whatever, yeah? But what would you want for something like that?"