Download - Perl Training
Perl
Training
Experiences, Anecdotes
and
Vague Conclusions
Dave Cross
[email protected]
I run
Perl training courses
Doing so
since 2001
Alongside
conferences
YAPC::Europe
UKUUG Conference
LPW
Internal courses for companies
Acxiom
AMP
Morgan Stanley
Public
courses
Perl Teach-In
UKUUG/O'Reilly
Perl Teach-In
June 2007
Free
training
course
Sponsored
by
BBC Backstage
Not
originally
my idea
Simon Cozens
Japan
Many Perl
jobs in
London
Not enough
experienced
programmers
One-day
advanced level
Perl course
Turn beginner
programmers
into
experienced
programmers
50 places
All booked
in days
(Remember
it was free)
Very positive
feedback
ThamesValley.pm
Who attended?
BBC people
A few
london.pm
people
Lots of
people
I didn't know
Marketing
success
A less
successful
story
July 2008
Public Perl
courses
in London
Five days
of training
Priced
less than
QA or
Learning Tree
Marketing
failure
Charging
makes a
difference
Need good
contacts
Word of mouth
not enough
Commercial
advertising
on Perl Monger
mailing lists?
Cancelled
due to lack
of interest
Need better
marketing
UKUUG and
O'Reilly
February 2009
Two days
of courses
Central
London
hotel
One day beginners
One day advanced
Not aimed
at the
same people
Recommend
three months
experience
between courses
Marketing
needs to
make that
clearer
Twenty places
on each day
Almost
sold out
A few
london.pm
people
Lots of
people
I didn't know
University
staff
Large companies
Interesting
omission:
Internet
start-ups
UKUUG and
O'Reilly
were happy
Doing it
again in
November
This time
three days
Beginners
Intermediate
Advanced
mag-sol.com/train/public
University
of
Westminster
Evening class
in
Computer
Forensics
Computer programmning
for
data munging
Invited
to give
evening class
in basic Perl
Four hours
6 10pm
With
practical
exercises
Some
vague
conclusions
People are
still
interested
in Perl
People still
want
Perl training
Marketing
is
important
Marketing
is
hard
Perl Training
London
24 - 26 Nov
mag-sol.com/train/public