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Re: Online training (not for a degree): tools, programming, etc.
Subject:Re: Online training (not for a degree): tools, programming, etc. From:Elizabeth Whitaker <elwhitaker -at- FTC-I -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 14 Jul 1999 23:14:59 -0400
At 05:15 PM 7/14/99 -0700, David Castro wrote:
>Most technical writers are on the lookout for ways to learn new technologies.
>But, unfortunately, a lot of the online training services out there are
>expensive. Or require that you buy books (as with ZDU). Or require that you own
>the software.
>
>I just thought I'd let you know about one for which my company has gotten a
>corporate membership. It's at http://www.dpec.com. I'm currently going through
My ISP has an arrangement with dpec: for $8 a month in addition to basic
charges as well as a "setup" charge, accountholders can take all the classes they want.
(I'm still on my first class.)
I am one of the tech writer aspirants. I appreciate all the good advice I've seen lately
about getting into the field: I'd thought of posting a similar question. (I graduated during
the Carter Administration with a liberal arts degree (not English): I am a largely self taught
techie who likes to write and is a frustrated teacher.)
