Re: SE Linux training
> Billing for it is easy. Finding companies that have a need for it and
> getting them interested in paying is the hard part.
OK, I thought maybe that's what you meant.
> Companies routinely spend $2000 each for a small group of their employees
> to attend a training session on a new technology to determine whether
> it's something that they can use. Such training sessions are run by the
> usual big consulting companies who pack 20 people into a room, pay the
> instructor $4000 and make a profit of $36000 - cost of facilities. For
> such courses the instructor usually knows less about the topic than I do
> about SE Linux.
> I don't want to charge my usual consulting rates, I would like to get
> more than that. The question is, how do I find some companies who are
> interested in this, or how do I find a big consulting company that wants
> to do a deal with me (even getting paid twice the instructor rates for
> developing the course myself would be good money).
> I am based in Australia, but would be happy to go to any other country to
> run a course. If someone can find the people who want to pay then we can
> come to some arrangement about splitting the money.
My only real suggestion is to join OSSI or somehow become associated with
them - you could get hooked into US governmental agencies that way:
http://oss-institute.org/
You could ask your question as a "Ask Slashdot" and see if there is
interest that way... You could try and do a press release about it to some
major Unix/IT publications...
Just some thoughts.
Take care,
Dale
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Dale E. Martin, Clifton Labs, Inc.
Senior Computer Engineer
dmartin@cliftonlabs.com
http://www.cliftonlabs.com
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