Retraining the World

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Retraining the World

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July 6, 2020 at 12:00 am

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004321 More actions · Answer 1

It is nice to see a company stepping up to try to help so many people. I truly hope it works and I truly hope it doesn't turn out to be a marketing ploy (you can get a whole lot of very loyal customers doing something like this). They're going to need a little help though because there's a ton of people that have no access to a computer and may not know how to operate a smart phone in such a manner and it's wicked difficult to take a programming course on just a smart phone. And, to be sure, it's going to need to be off-site/remote training because of all the lockdowns and shutdowns Covid-19 is causing. How would you even contact such people to let them know that such training exists?

It's going to be us. Shoot... even I wouldn't have known about any of this if it weren't for Steve's article. I know several people that just might be interested.

Thanks for the article, Steve!

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Gamberoni SSC Journeyman Points: 86 More actions · Answer 2

Steve

I think his name is Brad not Bad, although I did chuckle when I read the link.

And Jeff's right, this came out a week ago and I haven't seen anything on any of the tech news websites I follow.

Tim

skeleton567 SSCertifiable Points: 5868 More actions · Answer 3

I have suggested this earlier, but it has been several years, so will put it out here again. I found that a great source for me to dabble in new skills and try different technology was the Community College where you can take individual courses without long-term commitments and costs. I was able to find evening classes in a number of different technologies that I could attend for just a few weeks commitment at a reasonable cost, often get a co-worker to attend with me, and get basic exposure to different areas. Toward the end, I was doing this entirely online at my own schedule, with no pressure, and for those of us with considerable computer power at home, this can work well. This was a great way to widen my scope in other areas while I was focused entirely on SQL Server at work for my last years. Especially for you younger folks, if a sudden need for a job change comes along, it can give you more 'curb appeal' by extending your basic skills at a low cost. When I was starting out, IBM was the dominant force in IT, so even though I took positions using other vendors technology, well before Microsoft was on the scene, I could keep my unused skills up to date just in case.

You don't have to retrain the whole world, only yourself.

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Rick
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