Software Training Holiday - Boot Camp

[Troll]

Has anyone ever taken a period of time off and buggered off to another country on a 'Training' Holiday.

They used to advertise them in South Africa. Head down for a month do a boot camp/accreditation etc.

Has anyone actually undertaken one of the intensive courses?

I set one up back in the 90s - except it used Teneriffe rather than SA / India as a location

As a business model it worked quite well I had a colleague who was a MS trainer so bought him in as a partner
the logic of setting it up was to allow contractors (of which I was recently one) to be able to get a holiday but claim for the costs of it by going on a course for the week.
We did everything on a shoestring budget but didn't scrimp on hotel accomodation
Minimal advertising and the majority of bookings coming in were from Blue chip permies who had caught wind of it! although we did take some contractors out
Logistics were a nightmare
ran some pilot courses and it was very well received and the profit margins were pretty good
But then I started earning serious money in my day job and the hassle of arranging it all plus taking it to the next level (commercial)would mean betting the house on it - which with young kids I was hesitant to do so it withered on the vine
Sometimes get wistful about not progressing it further and then selling it on

[Zippy]

It's an uphill struggle. Then a slippery slope. You don't want to end up with frozen stock.

Already gone off the rails, but that's bobs for you.

Taxi ...

[MarillionFan]

Important training.

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Please welcome todays guest lecturer. Alex.

[DimPrawn]

Important training.

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[DimPrawn]

It's an uphill struggle. Then a slippery slope. You don't want to end up with frozen stock.

Snow joke, trust me.

[mudskipper]

Why the ?

It didn't snow. So I didn't buy any? And so didn't pay for any locations?

You have much to learn about entrepreneurship young Prawn.

It's an uphill struggle. Then a slippery slope. You don't want to end up with frozen stock.

[RobertRice]

How's your sled sales going?

[MarillionFan]

How's your sled sales going?

Why the ?

It didn't snow. So I didn't buy any? And so didn't pay for any locations?

You have much to learn about entrepreneurship young Prawn.

[DimPrawn]

Yes it is Dim. Yes it is. Do you not see an opportunity there?

How's your sled sales going?

[MarillionFan]

They were doing these MS certification bootcamps in India.

Imagine two weeks in a tiny room with 500 Bobs all learning rote how to pass MCSE or whatever.

Then coming back and finding them all on fast track visas at your place of work.


That's the future of IT.

Yes it is Dim. Yes it is. Do you not see an opportunity there?

[DimPrawn]

They were doing these MS certification bootcamps in India.

Imagine two weeks in a tiny room with 500 Bobs all learning rote how to pass MCSE or whatever.

Then coming back and finding them all on fast track visas at your place of work.


That's the future of IT.

[mudskipper]

Has anyone ever taken a period of time off and buggered off to another country on a 'Training' Holiday.

They used to advertise them in South Africa. Head down for a month do a boot camp/accreditation etc.

Has anyone actually undertaken one of the intensive courses?

Mate of mine did an 11 day bootcamp to get MS certification. 11 days, up to 16 hours a day - not for the faint hearted (nor, I daresay, the over 35s).

[MarillionFan]

No because it would cost several thousands pounds and then you'd lose several thousand pounds in billing. Only permies need "training".

Why not just set fire to a suitcase full of money instead?

If the hookers and drugs are cheaper then I can recoup the difference in a few days.

Anyway. I've had enough of Mammon.

[DimPrawn]

No because it would cost several thousands pounds and then you'd lose several thousand pounds in billing. Only permies need "training".

Why not just set fire to a suitcase full of money instead?

[MarillionFan]

Has anyone ever taken a period of time off and buggered off to another country on a 'Training' Holiday.

They used to advertise them in South Africa. Head down for a month do a boot camp/accreditation etc.

Has anyone actually undertaken one of the intensive courses?