[Blackpool] Udemy - Introduction to Raspberry Pi

Fri Jan 9 14:47:41 UTC 2015

Is this for work?  

Linux ranks in at 22 in our area, and this site thinks it will see growth in the contracts market this coming  year: http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/default.aspx?page=1&sortby=0&orderby=0&q=&id=0&lid=2603 
I always think anything on the first page there is a decent career move.   Get the worth of a particular skill by taking the average salary and multiplying that by the number of vacancies in your area.  

What I do ranks at 241 and as the ranking there has joint ranking I guess my core job skill way back on page 100 or more...!  I'll milk it for as long as I can but SQL may end up my plan to keep the lights on at Garlick towers.

SQL for me because, it can still involve development as well as the admin so its varied, I've been developing front ends for massive databases for ages and as I get older I find I like the company of people less and less.  So retiring towards developing in a server side technology puts an extra layer of UI people between me and the lusers!

Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 14:03:37 +0000
Subject: Re: [Blackpool] Udemy - Introduction to Raspberry Pi
From: jmsp.1983 at gmail.com
To: arthur_garlick at hotmail.com
CC: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk

Sounds like the course offering has broadened since I last looked.
For the moment, I've the EdX LFS101 to restart!
https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-linux-linuxfoundationx-lfs101x-2

Best wishes,James

On 9 January 2015 at 13:36, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com> wrote:

Sad to have missed that Pay Forward Bundle that would have suited me :o(

Take another look at the M$ Academy, the winds of change are blowing at Redmond...  Courses on stuff like MongoDB are there now.

A 

> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 13:29:45 +0000
> From: jmsp.1983 at gmail.com
> CC: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Blackpool] Udemy - Introduction to Raspberry Pi
> 
> I do have a VA membership, but... Rarely use it. I guess it would come in
> handy if, at some point in the future, I find a need to use something like
> Azure. I also had a Dreamspark membership, which was actually useful! Got
> quite a few licences before the membership ran out.
> 
> A shame you couldn't try out the Pay It Forward Bundle -
> https://payitforwardbundle.com/
> 
> They had three or six months (can't remember which) of Skillshare
> membership, before the bundle reduced it to a 25% discount. Bargain.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> James
> 
> On 9 January 2015 at 13:15, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I'm usually a bit tight when it comes to parting with cash too!
> >
> > I notice pretty much everything from Lynda is still available as a
> > torrent.  Other than Lynda, I've given KelbyOne.com money.  They do
> > creative Adobe and Photography courses and I think the quality of the
> > courses makes them worth paying for.
> >
> > I will try the Pluralsight trial and Skillshare - thanks for mentioning
> > them.
> >
> >
> >
> > You didn't mention Microsoft Virtual Academy, so I'll toot the M$
> > horn!... Microsoft give you their front line servers and development tools
> > for free and also provide high quality courses free in the Academy and
> > routes to get qualified with MTA stepping stones to MCSA or MCSD.   Three
> > MTA tracks of IT Infrastructure, Database and Developer are available to
> > suit anyone.
> >
> > When I thought the gravy train was over for my skillset I downloaded the
> > MSSQL servers (free) onto some old bits of hardware at home and started
> > down the Database track using the (free) training and looking at the
> > healthy job market for that skillset in our area.
> >
> > Perhaps not a popular thought for a Linux Group mailing list, but I
> > believe Micro$oft have done more for us professionally for free than
> > anything that would traditionally be called open source.  I have half an
> > MCSD from more than a decade ago and that has been worth more to me than
> > any academic qualification even though in that time period I have hardly
> > done any M$ development.
> >
> >
> > So if you don't like paying for technology and training, take a closer
> > look at Microsoft tools!
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Arthur
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 12:23:05 +0000
> >
> > > From: jmsp.1983 at gmail.com
> > > CC: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > > Subject: Re: [Blackpool] Udemy - Introduction to Raspberry Pi
> > >
> > > I'm not very good at paying full price for courses, so I tend to only
> > grab
> > > the free ones from Udemy. What I do usually is search for 'udemy' on
> > Reddit
> > > every few days, just to see which course authors have published a course
> > > and are offering voucher codes. That said, I did buy a highly-regarded UX
> > > course on Udemy once, so I will part with my money if I have to!
> > >
> > > Others I'm yet to audit are Tuts+ and Pluralsight.
> > >
> > > On the whole I regard the Lynda courses quite highly. Certainly recommend
> > > them for novices. Some of them are a bit slow and make unusual
> > assumptions
> > > - that was the experience I had with the Drupal courses, anyway.
> > >
> > > I've also taken a couple of good classes with Skillshare, although they
> > > were a while ago. It's a great platform if you're looking for more
> > > artistic, crafty and designy stuff.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Best wishes,
> > > James
> > >
> > > On 9 January 2015 at 12:14, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > Just blasted through that pi course, wasn't relevant to me. Very little
> > > > detail, already out of date in places and hacking Christmas lights has
> > > > been better done elsewhere. What was the full price $80?... omg three
> > > > months of Lynda would be way better value.
> > > >
> > > > Keen to hear of other training things if you see any.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I felt I had to actually give Lynda some money it was only fair, having
> > > > taken the unofficial torrent based freemium option in the past.
> > > >
> > > > cheers
> > > >
> > > > Arthur
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 12:04:44 +0000
> > > > > From: jmsp.1983 at gmail.com
> > > > > CC: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > > > > Subject: Re: [Blackpool] Udemy - Introduction to Raspberry Pi
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > No worries - as with any Udemy course, it's down to the particular
> > course
> > > > > author. I've found some great ones and some poor ones.
> > > > >
> > > > > The chap who wrote the Pi course has also published a Scratch
> > course. I
> > > > > believe there's a code floating around on Reddit at the moment.
> > > > >
> > > > > At the moment I'm subscribed to Treehouse on a student subscription -
> > > > > $9/month for access to their courses, which isn't bad!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Best wishes,
> > > > > James
> > > > >
> > > > > On 9 January 2015 at 09:06, Arthur Garlick <
> > arthur_garlick at hotmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks James,
> > > > > > Code and link worked for me on the PC thanks. (I tried with the
> > Udemy
> > > > app
> > > > > > but the course is not listed in the app yet).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I completed the Udemy Python course that is free, unfortunately
> > with
> > > > that
> > > > > > particular course there is good reason for it to be free as the
> > > > content,
> > > > > > delivery and editing are all poor and it was a struggle to make it
> > to
> > > > the
> > > > > > end.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I subscribe to Lynda training and the quality of their material is
> > > > > > excellent, I did Python and Tkinter with Lynda in spare bits of
> > time
> > > > and
> > > > > > recommend it if you are wired up to be able to learn that way -
> > it's
> > > > not
> > > > > > for everyone I'd guess.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Looking forward to seeing how good a paid for Udemy course is...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Regards
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Arthur
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 00:37:18 +0000
> > > > > > > From: jmsp.1983 at gmail.com
> > > > > > > To: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > > > > > > Subject: [Blackpool] Udemy - Introduction to Raspberry Pi
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > In case anybody's interested or want to pass it on to a friend or
> > > > family
> > > > > > > member:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > http://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/2rgwnb/free_coupon_for_my_brand_new_udemy_course/
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Don't know how long the voucher code lasts for.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Best wishes,
> > > > > > > James
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