What % of your turnover goes on training ?

[IRMe]

Not paid for any training from My Co yet. Bought some software to play with and some books which I've skimmed, keep meaning to do a certification but then I have so far managed to land work in that field without it. So far my clients seem to appreciate that the text book answer rarely fits their environment, or that it all needs figuring out from fresh each time anyway so they'll take decent soft skills and a technical mind.

A lot of the things I end up doing are new to me the first time around. Get brought in as a specialist in technology A B and C, later get asked to look at Tech D which I've never seen before but client doesn't have anyone free to do it. D goes on CV and next client hires me because they need someone who knows something about it.

[aussielong]

Must be expensive, what with the special needs supplement.

Are you going to be showing yourself up again today, with your limited grasp of logic and causality?

[sasguru]

Are you going to be showing yourself up again today, with your limited grasp of logic and causality?

Oooo 'ark at him! Gets some training in O-level maths and thinks he's God's gift to the mathematical firmament.

[Spacecadet]

What % of your turnover goes on training for new skills, maintaining existing, including books, etc.

The impression I get is that contractors under-invest in their primary asset-their skills.

Has your account been hijacked?

[eek]

Must be expensive, what with the special needs supplement.

I never spend much as training without immediate experience rather defeats the object. If I stick doing what I'm doing in the current contract I will do some just to get the certificates as my MS ones are out of date.

Chances are I won't bother as other things are bringing in enough cash to live on.

[eek]

Oooo 'ark at him! Gets some training in O-level maths and thinks he's God's gift to the mathematical firmament.

CSE surely?

[SueEllen]

Has your account been hijacked?

His wife stole his login.

[doodab]

It depends on what you call training. I have never paid for a training course and probably never will, but I invest a fair amount of time & money in self teaching and consequentially spend a fair bit on ebay tat

[aussielong]

I've been eyeing a statistics course lately. There are some decent rates about if you are a good statistician.

Its a one week course in London- project based with multiple choice exam. The 2000 sterling price is putting me off though

Loads of cheap stats courses about now - its eminently pickupable

[minestrone]

I've been eyeing a statistics course lately. There are some decent rates about if you are a good statistician.

Its a one week course in London- project based with multiple choice exam. The 2000 sterling price is putting me off though

Loads of cheap stats courses about now - its eminently pickupable

I am sure you could put all the courses in a little spread sheet and tell us all the median cost once you know how to work it out