John Sproule <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>interest.  My main reservation is whether these 35 to 40 hour prep courses,
>at around $750 from the local community colleges, are worth the expense.

A friend of mine who is very knowledgeable about computer hardware, largely
self-taught, took a local college evening course.  He found it very
worth-while.  He learned from the instructor's knowledge, the classroom
interaction and the hands-on troubleshooting/fixing of computers
(especially after the instructor "broke" computers that the students had
fixed).
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