On Nov 12, 2007 10:39 PM, Tanner Currie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last I checked it was like $3000. For that money why > don't you just buy the O'Reilly book, get yourself a > T1 line, a few peices of digium hardware and a SIP > phone, have some fun and send off a few emails when > you get stuck instead of trying to cram everything > down your throat in 5 days... Tanner
I agree that not everyone is willing to pay for the bootcamp, and would encourage anyone who has the time to build their own lab and TEST TEST TEST -- it's the only way you'll get good with Asterisk -- lots of hands on experience is necessary. However, I'd counter your statement by stating that many people find the 5 day full immersion of Asterisk, along with the ability to come in every day and ask an instructor (and the whole class) a question is an invaluable commodity. Some people don't do this as their full time job, and Asterisk is just another tool that they need to know -- so coming home at night after a full days of work isn't always practical. It's nice to be able to set aside a full week and focus on the tool so that when you get back to the office you already have the foundation to build upon. It's a question really of how quickly you really need to get up to speed. If you've got 2-3 months to spread the learning out over, then your approach is certainly the right way to go -- that's how I got started doing this full time. I couldn't find a co-op job for the first 2 months of my 2nd co-op term at school, and spent 10-12 hours a day using Asterisk at my parents house. What I learned in that time is essentially covered (and more because Asterisk has matured) in the bootcamp. If I sound biased, it's probably because I am because I've seen this program mature from the very beginnings -- the late nights at Steve's house writing slides, then the early mornings in the class either teaching a few modules or helping students with their labs and answering questions -- it's been a great experience, and I love seeing the lights turn on in students heads when they "just get it"! That's a wonderful feeling. I remember the first time I "just got" the dialplan, and understood how everything fit together. If people leave the class with that same feeling, then mission accomplished. -- Leif Madsen. http://www.leifmadsen.com http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/asterisk --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
