Training company recommendations?

[TheDude]

I paid something like £4k for a Java course with Sun back in the early 2000s

I hope the lunches were good.

[jamesbrown]

I hope the lunches were good.

Tbf, it was a top notch course, probably the best one I've taken (of onsite or online). Lunches were in the pub, naturally.

[northernladuk]

No point spending it on the self learn courses. They need a bit of nous and effort to complete.

[psychocandy]

Unless you are going to put the skills into practice immediately then training courses are of questionable value. If you are taking courses with the aim of getting a new job you are wasting your time.

Everything you need to learn pretty much any technology is already available online for free and a github account with a few personal projects will impress employers a lot more than a bunch of e-certificates.

Citing such 'qualifications' makes your LinkedIn profile or CV look like Colonel Gaddafi's uniform.

hey its not costing me anything....

[TheDude]

hey its not costing me anything....

Your time doesn't come for free.

[jamesbrown]

Your time doesn't come for free.

Living wage.

[quackhandle]

I used PluralSight for one of my Azure exams and passed it, but they didn't have the courses for newer exams so I went to Whizlabs.

Only paid £40 for a course and 1 practice exam, however YMMV.


One thing I know from training companies is how they can somehow knock 50% off their prices listed online.

qh

[Lance]

Living wage.

can't claim JSA/UC if you're not available for work