Path: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu!spool.maxwell.syr.edu!drn.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsread.com!news-xfer.newsread.com!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:19:35 -0500 Reply-To: "Mark C. Stock" From: "Mark C. Stock" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server References: <1126638273.916921.245530@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1126695211.482075.7070@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1126711827.545598@yasure> Subject: Re: Career Advise - Database Management Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:19:31 -0400 Organization: Enquery, Incorporated X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Message-ID: Lines: 40 NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.57.99.188 X-Trace: sv3-BVSIUTpSseEFecN2zwNjU4ZR74v4Lg85ilb5GyOnLux1RF4Qjs3kN5mRUx1RM6hyrhG9vgeQjtPMed5!6qSix97jiUVInCaxel5LSvQBPz5UoluM3NR6GC/Ml6WdKDJ3pO+hApIPY/NyhdogkPyhjDDeboRu!ZA== X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Xref: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu comp.databases.oracle.server:251518 "DA Morgan" wrote in message news:1126711827.545598@yasure... > Pratap wrote: > >> Though in my personal opinion getting a certification does not gurantee >> expertise in that area. But it does not harm you also! > > Certification most certainly hasn't harmed anyone. But $6,000 in cash: > That is a lot of harm and it is outrageous. I can't believe anyone would > charge that much money to give someone slow death by PowerPoint. > -- > Daniel A. Morgan > http://www.psoug.org > damorgan@x.washington.edu > (replace x with u to respond) corporate instructor lead training goes for from $420 up to $550 or more per seat per day these days -- so at the low-end, $6k would covers about 14 days at 'standard' rates -- some 'boot camp' courses are listed for $9,495 for 14 days, including meals and accomodations yeah, it's outrageously priced -- especially when instructor rates have been cut 50% or more in the last couple years and 'tuition' rates have not gone down -- but, of course, instructor experience and expertice has no doubt gone down with the rates pricing aside, not every ILT course is powerpoint hell -- but unfortunately, that depends on the instructor, since it seems some (many) training companies act more like commodity brokers, ie "sure we can teach that for you mr. customer!" (boy i hope i can find someone that's available that week) so, if corporate-targeted ILT training is the only option, make sure you thouroughly check out the company and its instructors, if possible getting specific student references before signing up ++ mcs