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Follow up on SetFocus
John Smiley
09.14.2000
Rating: -5.00- (out of 5)
Follow up on SetFocus
In my August 10th Developer Career Tip entitled "No Experience? No Problem!" I discussed a company called "SetFocus" located in
Parsippany, New Jersey, about 45 miles outside of Manhattan. The
company advertises that they will provide you with a 13-week intensive
Visual Basic training program and in exchange, you agree to work for
them for the next 9 months as a paid consultant. It sounds like a great
idea, but I cautioned you that I had no personal knowledge of anyone
who had gone through their training program, nor had I spoken
personally with anyone from the company.
About two days after my tip was published, I received a call from
Stacey Landau of SetFocus. Apparently, several of her students saw my
searchVB.com tip. Stacey and I spoke for quite a while, and I was
impressed with her obvious dedication to providing outstanding Visual
Basic (and now Java) training to individuals looking to get into the
marketplace quickly.
Over the course of the last month, I've received several emails from
current students and graduates of SetFocus attesting to the quality of
the program and their satisfaction with it. One of these emails came
from a former ZDU student of mine, whose opinion I value. His
resounding endorsement speaks well of the SetFocus program.
All of the endorsements carry the same message; the program is
demanding and intense. Students have a full workload and you can expect
an assignment every class day with at least one major project due each
week. You'll also need to relocate to Parsippany for at least one year.
But your relocation and hard work will be rewarded. At the end of the
13-week program, you'll be working as a consultant for a SetFocus
corporate client, some of which are located in Manhattan, a hotbed of
IT work.
Once again, I think this program is great for those individuals who
have IT talent and who are looking to get into the marketplace quickly.
If you would like more information, check out their Web Site
(http://www.setfocus.com).
I'd love to hear more about similar programs. I find it hard to believe
that SetFocus is the only program of its kind. If you know of any
others, please let me know via email at johnsmiley@johnsmiley.com
Please read the first installment of this tip, "No Experience? No Problem!".
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Written by John Smiley, MCP, MCSD and MCT, author, and adjunct
professor of Computer Science at Penn State University in Abington,
Philadelphia University, and Holy Family College. John has been
teaching computer programming for nearly 20 years.
John Smiley is president of Smiley and Associates,
http://www.johnsmiley.com/smass/smass.htm a computer consulting firm
located in New Jersey.
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