IT learnding and developmentz.

by **Artful-dodgeR** » 26 Mar 12, 7:09 pm

Hey hey.

So, I've been given a budget of between $1k-4k at work to do some further education / short courses.

My current work is a mixture of business intelligence/reporting (SQL/sas/excel), IT support (frontline/local program/base network) and program development/automation (vbs/JavaScript/vba). My main loves are developing and automation, nothing more satisfying than getting your computer to work for you rather than the other way around.

So based on the above, can anyone suggest some courses or further learning? I could probably push the budget higher because they like me and stuff :-P

Also looking for it to be useful outside of this place, so industry recognized would be a plus.

Any further info can be given if needed :-P

by **cyclobs** » 26 Mar 12, 7:22 pm

maybe look into doing a scripting course or a low level programming course

that might help with your automation stuff

by **Ash_Williams** » 26 Mar 12, 7:42 pm

Go and do a stunt school class =P Never know when you'll need to use those skills in IT..

by **CrazyMonkey** » 26 Mar 12, 7:59 pm

http://www.objecttraining.com.au/Public ... fault.aspx

Did a GWT training course with them a few months back, they know their stuff imo.

Need to contact them for prices, they might fall in the 1-4k range

by **Matty** » 26 Mar 12, 9:31 pm

Game design course. They will never know

by **CelticAngel82** » 26 Mar 12, 9:37 pm

tafe cert IV in IT networking which includes your Cisco CCNA1 & 2 (depending on which state, i guess.) you build networks, and do programming. if you go into diploma, you complete ccna 3&4 and get the cisco discount to sit the big exam.

/its what im doing

there's a lad in my class whos' work is paying him to do the course.

by **cyclobs** » 27 Mar 12, 7:20 am

work was going to pay me and send me off to do that tafe course but i wasn't really that interested in doing it.

by **Dean** » 27 Mar 12, 8:24 am

Goto a conference somewhere exotic - claim it as an educational experience xD

by **Klas** » 27 Mar 12, 9:00 am

Whatever you do don't be tempted by a corporate certification. The vast majority of these have zero real value, unless you actually work for the company offering said certification or a partner.

Have you had a look if TAFE or similar offers anything suitable? Usually you can do something like a diploma level certification while you're working and your employer might go along with that...