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From: boston@celerity.UUCP (Boston Office)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: unix/c training
Message-ID: <355@celerity.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 10:08:17 EDT
Article-I.D.: celerity.355
Posted: Wed Oct  2 10:08:17 1985
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In article <617@dicomed.UUCP> salmi@dicomed.UUCP (john s salmi) writes:
>We are looking into sending some users for formal unix/c training.  Would anyone
>care to suggest a specific training course/seminar that they feel was worth the
>time and money?  The users range from completely c-illiterate (scared of unix
>:-) to semi-proficient c programmers. 

...Your first major mistake.

You shouldn't even CONSIDER sending c-illiterates and semi-proficient
programmers to the same seminar!  Far from levelling their experiences,
what it will do is bore the more competent, confuse the less so (as
their more experienced associates ask over-the-top questions), and provide
a generally worthless training experience.


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