Good Morning,
I'm thinking about buying the asterisk six-months online course,
Have somebody here that bought that course? What is your opinion?
Thanks.
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2011/6/6 Antonio Modesto <modesto at isimples.com.br>:> Good Morning, > > ??? I'm thinking about buying the asterisk six-months online course, Have > somebody here that bought that course? What is your opinion? > > Thanks.I have not bought the course nor will I. I am self taught everything in IT and Telephony. I know each person learns differently, that is why when I train someone, I don't show them, I make them do it and coach until they don't need help. In college, I studied for business administration and accounting. It was too easy. My classes at WVU had 300 students, so attendance was impossible to keep track of. I aced all the tests. Then one summer I was a book keeper at t a travel agency. I hated it. I hated waking up to go to work, I hated the commute, and I hated the job. Then it dawned on me that I was always good at computers and figuring things out, ever since I got my VIC 20 and later my Commodore 64. I even had a Timex Sinclare(sp?) I got into a bit of trouble but since I was a kid and there was no malicious intent, the legal anchorites went away, just had to deal with my parents. Total tangent, I apologize. Classes slow me down and then become super boring. I fell asleep in the 3Com NBX course a few times, but got a 98% on the cert exam. I learned Cisco on the job, walked into a Prometric and passed with 80 something % and got my CCNA. Same for M$ products. I am planning to take the Red Hat cert soon. Anyways, I find structured courses to be a waste. Usually they hamper your creativity and are filled with fluff. If you cannot get a solid grasp of Asterisk in six months on your own lab using Google, voip-info, and howtos, then the course is probably for you you. Thanks, Steve Totaro
Way to go Steve. That's the best way to learn. Steve Totaro <stotaro at asteriskhelpdesk.com> wrote:>2011/6/6 Antonio Modesto <modesto at isimples.com.br>: >> Good Morning, >> >> ??? I'm thinking about buying the asterisk six-months online course, Have >> somebody here that bought that course? What is your opinion? >> >> Thanks. > >I have not bought the course nor will I. > >I am self taught everything in IT and Telephony. I know each person >learns differently, that is why when I train someone, I don't show >them, I make them do it and coach until they don't need help. > >In college, I studied for business administration and accounting. It >was too easy. My classes at WVU had 300 students, so attendance was >impossible to keep track of. I aced all the tests. > >Then one summer I was a book keeper at t a travel agency. I hated it. > I hated waking up to go to work, I hated the commute, and I hated the >job. > >Then it dawned on me that I was always good at computers and figuring >things out, ever since I got my VIC 20 and later my Commodore 64. > >I even had a Timex Sinclare(sp?) > >I got into a bit of trouble but since I was a kid and there was no >malicious intent, the legal anchorites went away, just had to deal >with my parents. Total tangent, I apologize. > >Classes slow me down and then become super boring. I fell asleep in >the 3Com NBX course a few times, but got a 98% on the cert exam. I >learned Cisco on the job, walked into a Prometric and passed with 80 >something % and got my CCNA. > >Same for M$ products. I am planning to take the Red Hat cert soon. > >Anyways, I find structured courses to be a waste. Usually they hamper >your creativity and are filled with fluff. > >If you cannot get a solid grasp of Asterisk in six months on your own >lab using Google, voip-info, and howtos, then the course is probably >for you you. > >Thanks, >Steve Totaro > >-- >_____________________________________________________________________ >-- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > >asterisk-users mailing list >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users