What did you spend on training?

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There seems to be a wide difference on what people can pay to get training for different certs, what would be a reasonable amount?

 

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I think it really depends on how much you're willing to look around and barter when it comes to training.

I have been on the lookout for VCP training for a while, now obviously this requires a VMware accredited training center and unfortunately most of those charge a fair amount for the VCP classes, as an example a quick google search for UK providers has come up with this pricing.

Training Provider A - £2445*
Training Provider B - £2600*
Training Provider C - £2350*

*These costs exclude VAT@20%

As you can see there is a couple of £ difference between the providers but with a little bit of time and effort you can actually find yourself amazing deals (as an example, as I am prepared to do my VCP at weekends I have managed to get my VCP course for just over £1000, and that's the final price, no VAT to include on top and it's an accredited VMware Training Provider.

The same can be said for various other training courses, I haven't paid full price for training in years because there is always something to be had where discounts come in, perhaps it's the end of a financial quarter and the salesman needs to reach his target, perhaps the class is only 50% full and it's better to get more seats on bums at 75% of the course costs than the usual full price.

Never accept that the price you see is the price you have to pay, because if that training provider isn't willing to budge, another one will be.

 

As said it totally depends on what the course is, and how much you want to pay

The last one I did was an ISEB Enterprise and Solutions Architecture course + exams, list price was 2k but did a deal and my company only paid 1k.

Always get a discount, never pay list price.

 

I have never used a provider so I guess I will have paid about a grand in total or less

 

Never used a provider for a certification, so basically its books, cbts, exam sims and exam fees. I don't count petrol and parking to get to test centre !

I started night college for MCSA, cost me 500 for one term then dropped course.

Total, guestimate around 4000 pounds.

I also did some discount or free betas so might be a little less than that.

 

I used careersavers training, its CBT, which I prefer, and it was only $99 to access all of their courses with videos, audios and software. A great deal, you can't really beat that. That doesn't include the cost of the exam, but for training, you won't get anything for less than their deal.

 

Thanks for your opinions everyone, I guess asking what you spend on cert/training is like asking how much I should expect to spend on buying dinner LOL
Great advice Simon, that is good to know.
56mylar, where can I get more information on this deal?

 

I emailed [email protected]