[asterisk-users] Asterisk Online Training

[Amadu]

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
>
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