Re: Andreas latest job h...

[Dawn-Marie Oliver <d3g578 -at- XANTHIA -dot- PNL -dot- GOV>]

 >  Yes, $5,000 for a course. If that shocks you, well, you probably don't eat
 >  caviar either. Or pay $200 bucks for Word, when a 10 cent pencil is
 >  cheaper. The point is: would you pay $5,000 for a course which results in
 >  a $50,000 job? Of course.
 >

        As I recent college graduate (ok, well, 2 years ago...), allow me to
        post my $0.25 worth:

        To most starving-student types, $5000 dollars for a seminar is out of
        the question.  In my instance, $5000 was _almost_ an entire years
        tuition, fees, book, housing, and meal (state college).

        Also, *most* college grads are not going to be getting $50,000 a year
        jobs, no matter _what_ seminar they take (unless they are working
        in Silicon Valley, where the cost of living is higher, and $50,000
        doesn't have as much buying power as it does say in Milwaukee.

        Yes, if you've been working a while, and are looking for a new job,
        $5000 for a seminar might be feasible.

 >  A $1,000 per day fee is completely normal and reasonable. Most
 >  professional seminar fees are in this range. Lawyers and doctors commonly
 >  pay this, or higher, for their seminars. These prices are normal in the
 >  computer industry as well. Anyone who is involved in business which
 >  commonly works with amounts of hundreds of thousands, or millions, will
 >  pay a measly $1,000 for information. The result makes the cost reasonable.

        Again, recent college grads (which I assumed the originator of this
        thread was) do *not* work with large amounts of money.

        Sorry if this offends anyone, but this hit a sore spot with me.

        Dawn-Marie Oliver
        --aspiring writer