[geeks] STARBUCKS SHIT -- the name game now

[Andrew Weiss]

On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 02:36 PM, Michael A. Turner wrote:

> 		Now to answer your question about what ECPI is. They commonly call
> themselves "technical colleges" but they go by many names these days. I 
> am
> sure you have seen the ads late at night for your local version. The key
> would be that you get a high paying computer job in just 18 months (all 
> of
> these adds claim this). I'm sure you recognize the breed I am talking 
> about.
> ECPI is a fairly large brand named one in the united states.
> 	Another thing that cracks me up about the local ECPI add is the fact
> that they ADMIT that their school is for unmotivated slackers. The add 
> is
> presented in a "personal" testimonial format. It start out with a girl
> saying " I was going to the local college but I found the format to
> unstructured and to long. At ECPI I was able to become a technical 
> engineer
> in just 18 months". Now tell me, how many employers want someone who is
> unmotivated to accomplish things on their own and are unable to stick to
> projects.

Guh... ! I do everything on my own.  (Mostly because I couldn't justify 
paying a cent more than I have to for a MS cert.)
I could have done the CCNP and CCNA alone in hindsight, but it was 
slightly easier doing a boot camp... (and it was free... I finagled the 
CCNA, then luck of luck our instructor got sick and cancelled in the 
middle of the week so I took the test anyway, and rather than get a 
refund for the course I asked for a pro-bono CCNP boot camp...so I got 
like two cert boot camps for like $3000. A $9000 savings)... The big 
help with the boot camp was the ability to play on live routers... that 
alleviated some comfort issues with just going into the tests cold from 
previous experience and books alone.  It was also helpful because you 
could correct where the course materials were wrong and the potential 
huge gotchas out in the real world.

Andrew