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Yeah, I remember Randy. After we got enough complaints about the classes he was delivering we assigned technical people to sit in every class with him. I'm sorr

Yeah, I remember Randy. After we got enough complaints about the classes he was delivering we assigned technical people to sit in every class with him. I'm sorry, but I've developed curriculum and taught technical classes - and those were some of the worst classes I've ever seen. Everybody was confused, and the instruction was really just a show from a juggler who had memorized a bunch of facts from the doc. Yes, he got great reviews - but students had no idea how much they didn't learn. I think I was the only technical staff there with a real Training background - so nobody understood the obvious - successful training involves skill transfer. Students left after hearing lots and lots of facts about NeXTStep and OOP, but without any real teaching happening. Sadly, this is a lot like most current training, since most companies don't hire people who can actually decompose complex topics and make them teachable and create sequenced labs which can develop real skills. Companies equate presentations with Training. But that was a long time ago. Hopefully he has worked with real Trainers since then, and figured out how to get beyond the pure showmanship.

bondolo 8y ago
I was one of the students in those classes and appreciated having someone with more technical depth in the class. I ended up making notes in every lecture of questions to ask the real experts during the breaks. I remember questions to Randy produced tangential stories rather than answers.
sodosopa 8y ago
Sometimes you cannot learn the lessons you are taught.
robertAngst 8y ago
>how to get beyond the pure showmanship. That was the lesson. Put on a show, and people will spend money. Real life example- Cousin got a Macbook Air for Christmas, was shocked to see it had 0 USB ports. She was uninformed and bought a product she didnt want. This is Apple's target demographic.
- briandear 8y ago
  The MacBook Air does have USB ports; just not the old ones.
- noitsnot 8y ago
  There are two USB-C ports. If she returned it due to a pure hatred of dongles, I would be surprised.
  - sodosopa 8y ago
    "What do you mean, I need to plug it in? It's portable, I don't want that dongle sticking out." This old joke still has it's place: https://www.boredpanda.com/car-computer-support-humor-jon-parise/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic https://www.boredpanda.com/car-computer-support-humor-jon-pa...

bondolo 8y ago

I was one of the students in those classes and appreciated having someone with more technical depth in the class. I ended up making notes in every lecture of questions to ask the real experts during the breaks. I remember questions to Randy produced tangential stories rather than answers.

sodosopa 8y ago

Sometimes you cannot learn the lessons you are taught.

robertAngst 8y ago

>how to get beyond the pure showmanship. That was the lesson. Put on a show, and people will spend money. Real life example- Cousin got a Macbook Air for Christmas, was shocked to see it had 0 USB ports. She was uninformed and bought a product she didnt want. This is Apple's target demographic.

briandear 8y ago
The MacBook Air does have USB ports; just not the old ones.
noitsnot 8y ago
There are two USB-C ports. If she returned it due to a pure hatred of dongles, I would be surprised.
- sodosopa 8y ago
  "What do you mean, I need to plug it in? It's portable, I don't want that dongle sticking out." This old joke still has it's place: https://www.boredpanda.com/car-computer-support-humor-jon-parise/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic https://www.boredpanda.com/car-computer-support-humor-jon-pa...