[flexcoders] Re: Training Courses

2009-10-09 Thread valdhor
Just as an aside, I don't think much of the Adobe Certified Training companies. Our company purchased training for ten people here and I sat in on it (I had about six months of self taught Flex at the time). Basically the course consisted of running through the Flex 3 Training from the Source

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Training Courses

2009-10-09 Thread Jason Michael Perry
I'm an Adobe Certified Instructor and I can tell you that the instructor makes all of the difference. I'm not sure where you took your class but my former employer Fig Leaf Software is one of the best providers of onsite and hands-on training. I think self paced training is good, but it

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Training Courses

2009-10-09 Thread Wesley Acheson
Okay some good advise here. Speaking about my own level rather then the others I think I'm pretty competitent, although its hard to be objective about oneself. I've created a few item renderers. I'm pretty happy diving into the framework to try to find more information. Sure I'm not graphic

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Training Courses

2009-10-09 Thread Jason Perry
Well training and books are meant for beginners and intermediate users. As you get more advanced its harder to taylor training classes and books to the specific needs of advanced developers. Someone who is a beginner or intermediate typically wants to learn on a very broad topic. Advanced and