[asterisk-users] Asterisk Online Training

[Sherwood McGowan]

+1...I am an autodidact myself, never took any courses in IT or Telephony other a "computing" course in tge late 80s that was actually a typing class that used computers.

Slainte,
Sherwood McGowan
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On Jun 6, 2011, at 5:58 PM, Amadu <alstalin at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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