On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Sudev Barar <sba...@gmail.com> wrote: <snip>
2009/8/4 Nikhil sharma <feelthenikwo...@gmail.com>: > <snip> Nikhil Sharma wrote: > >Can I attend the workshop?, >If yes then how am I going to benifit from it? >What I am going to learn there? >I live in Himachal Pradesh, and if I'll come, it will take 8 hours to reach >there. But still I want to come. >My motive of asking these questions is that I am a pure beginer .And I dont >want to find myself at a place where things goes above my head. Is my >current level enough for me to be with you all. >I hope you all will give a fair openion. >Please, tell me frankly. > > Dear Nikhil, Firstly, The value of attending such workshops lies in the knowledge shared-- but more than that the value is in the people you get to meet--- who's first hand experiences you can learn from. Also, while through years of experience your point of view will change and mature beyond what you learn in books-- by meeting people, you learn from people who's point of view has evolved with years of experience. Also, you would get inspired. Personally; to me-- that is worth it. Secondly, On the other hand-- it may also happen that you expect to be given individual attention-- and handed over specific points of information which would help you-- and it's possible that you may not have much patience to expose yourself to books OR classes for hours at a end-- and you think the workshop will automatically groom you in a few hours. That (second option) does not often happen-- and if second-case--- then you may be better off attending a paid-workshop by a high profile trainer OR by taking a course--- like aptech, niit or ethical hacking(tm)-- because the course material OR trainer-workshop will be tailored and targetted at bringing you up to speed. No problem even if you are more of the "learn in a structured environment" type of mindset. But remember-- many companies were founded by school dropouts; also, when you meet many likeminded people-- it can help you also clarify your own thoughts and plans-- so that is the real value of a workshop OR seminar OR open-source meetup. Dunno how that'd sound-- but those are my thoughts... If any more questions-- please feel free to ask. Best Wishes and Regards, NS _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
