On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 11:44 PM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
Arun Khan wrote:
On Monday 18 Aug 2008, Rony wrote:
institute where I did the course, the 3 months course got dragged to 9 months. We were migrating from one room to another and almost every time we had to load the OS over the last batch's other OS installation. The first 2 modules were very nicely explained with good practical time. The last module was taken in short time by another faculty and it was more of a demo where more than 15 people jostled to view a single monitor where sever setup was demonstrated.
May I ask how much did this place charge per student? The least the insti could have done is rent a projector so that all could see the demo. IIRC, one of the conditions for becoming a Redhat training partner is to provide proper training facilities and hands on practical time.
15K for 3 modules.
I agree that it would be a better idea to spend money on buying new hardware instead of joining an Institute. But I think there are some units in those modules where you have to learn Networking with a cluster of systems. It won't be easy to do that at home, although I am aware of various network simulation softwares available these days. Are there any suggestions regarding learning the networking part of the exam at home?
Regards, Amit.
IMO, the self motivated individuals are better off spending the "tuition" money in buying hardware and learning it on their own. At least in this case they will not be jostling for lab time with others.
Self learning helps specialize in a particular topic but for overall knowledge gain from almost ground level, a course within a fixed time works better. However even after the course, there is a lot more to learn on one's own and the individual would be in a better position to find his way around.
-- Regards,
Rony.
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