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From: Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net>
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On 7/5/2015 8:47 AM, Eternal Hope wrote:
> On 05/07/2015 12:54, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 7/5/2015 3:05 AM, Eternal Hope wrote:
>>> On 04/07/2015 21:44, Joerg Meier wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 03 Jul 2015 21:20:20 +0100, Eternal Hope wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>>> That's a fair point.
>>> I can't find 'Stefan Ram' in the list of academics in either the math or
>>> comp-sci departments at fu-berlin.de.
>>
>> He does not teach there.
>>
>> He teaches here:
>>
>> http://www.berlin.de/vhs-reinickendorf/index.php?m0=1&m1=4&m2=5&sectid=3&cat=142
>>
> 
> Now that is absolutely fascinating.
> 
> Two, short, 1 week courses to learn Java so that the student can (and I
> quote directly from the translated course bumph)
> 
> "develop their skills in order to apply Java skillfully in studies or
> profession"
> 
> So, become a skillful Java developer in two weeks from a standing start
> for the low, low price of 238 Euros. Interestingly there doesn't seem to
> be anything about code style!
> 
> Gotta be a scam. Does anyone actually fall for this snake oil?
> 
> 

Not a scam at all.  I taught Java (as well as other courses like C and
C++) in a week for corporations.  These courses cost a lot more than
$238 Euros, but the corporations happily paid because they got results.

No, they were not expert programmers at the end of a week.  But they did
have the basics down and were productive.  They also had enough
information to have a good idea where to look for things they didn't know.

It paid well, but I got tired of all the travel.  It was fun for the
first 10 years or so, but 75K+ air miles and 25+ weeks away each year
wasn't much fun any more.

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