Re: iSeries Education (was iSeries vs. zSeries)

> > I used to work for a consultant.  Their philosophy towards education
> > was that if they trained you it just made you more marketable and
> > you'd leave the company.</clip>
>

Hopefully this is not the norm. IBM has for many years required Business
Partners
to have certain certifications, forcing them to educate (and making a nice
business practice of selling education).
While the consultancy I worked with for 20 years did not give me "all" the
education
I wanted, we did rotate 2 of us to each Common, plus IBM classes, and
required
each consultant get the RPG Developer cert and a bonus for each cert after
that. We
never had the problem with people leaving after getting trained in areas.
Those not
interested in learning were considered "not team players", a detriment to
our
company image, and not in the best interest for our clients. In the end, we
had 100%
participation, including the owner.
jim








> Some consultant! The idea is to be able to charge a high rate for your
> people because they are superior. It costs a bit more to educate and keep
> them, sure, but the consultancy ought to be able to more than recoup that
> in their higher fees. Clients are not usually impressed when their own
> staff have to educate the consultants they're paying for (and neither are
> the client's staff for that matter).
>
> --
> Dave...