Good place for a week of training?

Question

I am a junior developer in Philadelphia, my company is letting me pick somewhere to go for a week of training.

Anyone have any good recommendations? I am into web development, design, usability. Anything from PHP to .NET to Scala to Ruby. Thanks!

Answer 1

openforce in las vegas

Answer 2

On software development, usability etc. I would go to Construx (owned by Steve McConnell, author or Code Complete....He even teaches there) in Washington. It's not straight programming, but they are the known to be some of the best in the business as building software goes. IMHO this will take you much further than just learning about something technical.

If you want to learn something technical, MindSharp teaches SharePoint. Go to Todd Bleeker's class (one of the owners), you will learn more about C# programming and Sharepoint than you will anywhere else.

Answer 3

List the features you'd like to see in your preferred OS.

Then implement that in the one week you've got.

And if you managed to build something awesome, do open-source and let us has some of that awesome too.

In a nutshell, use that time to

Build something awesome and learn all there is to learn along the way.

I don't know if your boss would accept that as a "somewhere to train" though. But I'd say you should definitely try.

Experience trumps textbooks and lectures and you'd have something to show your boss that you've definitely make a good use of that one week.

Answer 4

If I had the opportunity to go just one place for training I would go visit Dave Thomas at his Pragmatic Studio training. I think the curriculum Dave teaches with is top-notch.

If I was looking for .NET specific then Pluralsight, who has some great developers/trainers.

Answer 5

The two companies I would recommend for training:

Developmentor

Pluralsight

I've taken a few classes from Developmentor and although they are high on the price range you are getting what you pay for. Pluralsight I know less from taking a class and more from the people that have worked there. Make sure when you go to training it's from a person who is active in their field and has some kind of trail of work.