RE: Local RPG training...?

There is another alternative, which may take a bit longer, but will be
much more thorough: Read the manuals. 

That's how I started 35 years ago. About 5 years into it, my then
employer paid for me to take the IBM course. The first thing the teacher
stated was: You don't have to take notes because everything I'm going to
tell you is in the book. The only thing I really gained out of that
course was more detailed understanding of the RPG cycle - which is
seldom used any more.

The problem with taking classes is that you are taught what the teacher
thinks is important. When you read the manual, you may not understand
everything you read, but you will then be able to know that you read
SOMETHING about a certain problem, even if you can't find the exact
page. You'll also have an idea of what kind of question to ask. If you
haven't read the manual, you don't even know if your problem IS a
problem...

FWIW...

Dave 

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Wilson
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 9:41 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Local RPG training...?

I'm currently a Microsoft .NET developer and was hired by a company that
mainly do RPG development but did have one .NET project that needed to
be worked on. I was hired as a .NET developer with the understanding
that I would need to learn and work with RPG and Java. Right now I need
to be trained in RPG but I can't seem to find anything local here. Does
anyone know of any good places to learn RPG programming in or around
Oklahoma City? If I need to travel for training I might be able to do it
but my employer would prefer if I stick around here. If there is an
online course I could probably do that too.

TIA

James
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