Leading Study Groups or Training in your local area?

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I'm sure it'd be great for some people. The social networking would be wonderful. But as far as learning is concerned, I'd not be interested in it for the same reason I'm not interested in classroom training: it doesn't move at my speed.

 

I've never experienced it before, but sound a good idea

 

If someone where teaching a class in a technical subject, it would be their job to bring the class along at the speed necessary to get through the required coursework in the alloted time (say 16 weeks for a uni semester in the US). That said, not everyone learns at the same rate of speed or in the same educational style, which is why organized education is only really effective for a certain portion of the population.

The problem with tutoring a volunteer in a production environment is that win, lose, or draw, the work *has* to get done. As most of you know, in an IT environment, resources (including the human kind) are tight, schedules are tight and the boss wants everything done yesterday. It is a fact that teaching someone how to perform a particular function takes more time than just doing it. IF you worked at a place that was dedicated to teaching others (one that supported internships), then the resources ideally would be built in so that the work got done AND the volunteer interns got the experience they needed. Otherwise, the experience would be frustrating for both the teacher and the student.

I know where you're going with this (I think) and in principle, it's a great idea. It's just very hard to get it to work in the real world.

 

If I were leading the class... they'd be paying me, and I'd be just fine with it.