From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 5 16:08:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33ED216A4CE for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 16:08:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [198.92.228.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7FBB43D55 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 16:08:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from racerx.makeworld.com (racerx@racerx.makeworld.com [198.92.228.34]) by makeworld.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i65G88O2043013 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 11:08:08 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) From: Chris To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 11:08:08 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <20040704121112.GK43549@iconoplex.co.uk> <32837.192.168.1.238.1089022879.squirrel@Illinois.DynDNS.Org> In-Reply-To: <32837.192.168.1.238.1089022879.squirrel@Illinois.DynDNS.Org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200407051108.08551.racerx@makeworld.com> X-makeworld.com-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-makeworld.com-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: racerx@makeworld.com Subject: Re: training (was Resourceful BSD/Linux Network Administrator) X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: racerx@makeworld.com List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 16:08:18 -0000 On Monday 05 July 2004 05:21 am, bja@Illinois.DynDNS.Org wrote: > > As for learning via reading: that is fine for many -- including myself. > > But many students need the extra push by actually attending a structured, > > hands-on class. Also classes, even running at a slow pace, can cover a > > lot more than a student trying to self-teach themselves. > > I disagree here. I'm a self-taught student and I doubt any classes would > have taught me as much as installing the system and using it day to day > for a couple months. I eventually set up a FreeBSD and my family and I > rely on it for just about all computer functions. > > Hands-on is great, but classes are not needed. > > Brandon Adams I agree 100% here. Nothing, I mean nothing can prepare you for real-life then setting up your own servers, then breaking them every way you can think of just to fix the issues. You can't learn that in a classroom. -- Best regards, Chris -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ClamAV virus dat updated: Mon Jul 5 2004 at 03:02:56 daily.cvd updated (version: 387, sigs: 1362, f-level: 2, builder: diego)