Training - Good idea or not
Attending a training course depends on what it is about.
All very well if you are a programmer - then all you need is to buy a book, and buy or obtain the software and then off you go.
The problem is what if your chosen subject is something else that is not possible to actually do - hands -on at home / in the office such as large Unix Enterprise servers or manaagement skills. Then training comes into it's own.
Also, if you have no experience in a new subject then flashing a few training certificates can get you the gig.
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Reading another thread, which touched on the training topic which raises its head every now and again, I thought about training. It is often touted as a positive aspect of permiedom, but I'm thinking, "Training? Who gives f***?"
In 5/6 years (3 jobs) as a permie I went on two courses. One was a waste of time the other was pretty decent. In 3 years as a contractor (4 contracts) I have not been on a course.
Now, I would say that my skills are mostly self taught. I moved from Access to SQL Server, I taught myself. I moved from COM/VB to .Net/C#, I taught myself. I learned Win API, I taught myself, I learned web programming, I taught myself. I learned InstallShield, I taught mysef. I learned...you get the gist.
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