[ale] Training costs (was ANN: Linux Training Class, Atlanta, GA, 13-15 Oct.)

[Crawford Rainwater]

On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 16:12, Matty wrote:
>   10. Re: ANN: Linux Training Class, Atlanta, GA, 13-15 Oct. (Matty)

> Message: 10
> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 16:55:50 -0400
> From: Matty <matty91 at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [ale] ANN: Linux Training Class, Atlanta, GA, 13-15 Oct.

> On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 16:02, Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> > On Monday 22 September 2003 15:45, Dylan Northrup wrote:
> > 
> > > I was pointing out that $1000 is a lot of money for an Intro course.
> > 
> > Could you be any more subtle? $1000 is absurd for a 3 day course with an 
> > instructor that, most likely, nobody has ever heard of.
> 
> hehehe .... you should tell my SAN vendor this ;) My employer paid $5000
> for one week worth of SAN training (Fibre Channel details, switch
> specifics, etc. etc.). I am curious why classes are so expensive. Rooms,
> teachers, equipment and coffee can't cost that much.

Humor aside...

Average costs (non-specific to Atlanta):
- Room with computers and "snacks": ~$1000/day
- Instructor: ~$750/day + expenses
- Training material: ~$250/student (books, pens, CDs, etc.)

Typically most metropolitan areas will be higher on the class room
rental per day as well, compared to an "on site" training job at a
company since an "on site" group can incur the costs internally be
providing the training facility (IBM for example here).

And that is shopping around for "the best deals" with the quality too,
not the "computer class in the garage special" as someone referenced to
earlier.

I admit though, SANS classes are more expensive when it comes to IT
training, but then again, if you look at the better security training
out there, they all cost roughly the same with instructors getting paid
$1k+ easily per day plus expenses, if not typically more.  And the
results are quality security staff (if they did not get overloaded with
the course itself of course ;-)).

FWIW.

Sincerely,

Crawford Rainwater
CEO and President
Linux+, LCP, LPIC-1, RHCT

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