Are You Getting Enough Say In Your Training?

DrEducator asks: "Has your company ever contracted external instructors to train its programmers? Have you been satisfied with the lecturer's level of expertise? I think we all have a good grasp of how vital the role of training is to both a corporation and its employees, but given its importance should you have more of a say in selecting or evaluating instructors before they deliver training? I firmly believe in the tenet that 'geeks should train geeks'. Moreover, I think that the geeks themselves have to take a more active role in the whole process. So, I'm curious - do you think you have enough say in your training? Do you actively refer instructors that you've seen at conferences or previously taken courses from (university, college, or adult ed)? If not, have you had the opportunity to interview an instructor, or at least review their qualifications? Share your experience - how much input do you want/need/have?"

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[rczyzewski]

fp!

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[Anonymous Coward]

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-timecop

short answer:

[Anonymous Coward]

no.

do

[macksav]

hookers get training? if so, are the rates during the hooker's training phase lower? i'd really like to know.

Traing? Ha Ha Ha

[dapcook]

Training is just an empty promise you get when they want you to work for them! Same as getting Bonus's Never Trust A Person Who Wears A Tie!

GET BACK TO WORK!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Shut up and get back to work! I'll decide your training, codemonkey.

Sincerely,
Your Boss

Hmm...

[balloonhead]

This is the worst thread I've ever seen on Slashdot. I can't even understand the poorly worded title.

Go on, mod me down. If you think it's as stoopit as I do, mod me up. We'll see what wins out...

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Re:I have pretty good control

[elmegil]

That argument doesn't hold a lot of water. Quite honestly, I don't see a lot of Universities caring how they spend taxpayer's money on other things, and the University I was at was a private school with no taxpayer funding that I was aware of. Certainly not in large part. Finally, corporations have exaxctly the same problem--train someone and then they leave for higher pay. Perhaps the pay bump is not quite so huge (I was getting twice my Uni salary within 3 years in the corporate world), but the issue still exists. As far as it goes, if Universities would pay people competetively, they might be able to keep them...provide competive pay and other reasonable benefits, and they should have no more trouble than any other IT employer.