On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Steven S. Critchfield <[email protected]>wrote:
> > I think this is needed as well. I have noticed there are many jobs going > unfilled right now needing programmers. And now especially anyone with > sys-admin skills that can program are in demand. > > Just as an example of the need. I suggested to my GF and a couple friends > that I could teach them how to program and use their current artistic > skills to make a decent web app shop. Something they could run in their > private time. Not only did I get a lot of interest from them, but even > some of the spouses as well. > > I do have to remind you all though that while the perl classes had decent > attendance, there was two kinds of attendees. Those there just to learn, > and those who were interested in learning secondary to the social meeting. > I admit I was a member of the second group mostly. > > I do not remember making many if any converts from the classes to members > of NLUG. I'm not certain that would be any different now. The people I am > privately teaching wouldn't have an interest in coming to an NLUG meeting. > I don't know that the classes themselves specifically brought in permanent members, however, the presence of the classes and the breadth of NLUG in general was definitely a drawing point for people. I think that if people knew that it was possible to triple your salary by taking one of these free classes that NLUG offers, we might see more attendance in both the classes and the group as a whole. Note that the tripling of salary is direct personal experience, not annecdotal. I went from a $25k / year job to a $75k / year job directly as a consequence of knowing Perl. Yes, I had to move from Nashville to DC, but it did happen. Andy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
