I know, getting training budget is hard at the moment, but you really want to make yourself as employable as possible.
Help is at hand (in fact, it’s only a mouse click away).
There are, of course, a whole bunch of Virtual Labs you can do (for developers and for infrastructure people).
There’s also a wonderful program called Ramp Up. From the site:
Ramp Up is a free, online, community-based learning program, with a number of different tracks that will help you build your portfolio of professional development skills. Ramp Up has a solid foundation of premium technical content from subject-matter gurus, and provides easy-to-access content in a variety of forms that guide you in learning the important skills. Join Ramp Up (it's free!) and help advance your career
There are currently 7 tracks to choose from (with more being added):
The content is written by experts gurus like Charles Petzold, Michael Howard and David LeBlanc (as well as heaps of others) and there’s a community forum where you can ask and answer questions about the Ramp Up content.
Completing a track gets you a bunch of Graduation Awards.
Don’t delay! Sign up today!
Hi Andrew, Thanks for introducing Ramp Up. You say "Ramp Up is a free, online, community-based learning program, with a number of different tracks that ...", however, when I launch my Ramp Up and reach the following page, I'm asked to buy! Why is that?
https://www.microsoftelearning.com/eLearning/courseDetail.aspx?courseId=60580&tab=overview
Regards, Henk.
Hi Henk,
How did you get to that URL - I'll chase up to find out what's going on.
Andrew
Thanks Andrew, I Clicked 'Ramp Up' in your MSDN Flash; Clicked the VS2008 picture; Clicked Sign UP Now - Visual C# 3.0!; signed up; added the Break Through with VS2008 White Paper (or some related item?) to 'My Learning', Clicked 'In My Learning'; worked my way through the first two items then clicked the 3rd "Course 2924: Building Data Components in MS VS2005" which brought me to that URL. FYI, It seems strange that the link is for VS2005 and not VS2008. Cheers, Henk.
I can't repro this - I think there must have been something funky going on with our system when you did this. Are you still seeing this course in your learning plan?
Can you drop me a note via the email link above and we'll get it sorted.
Cheers,