training

Well the week is over and I feel like the training was fantastic. The trainer, Jason, did a good job trying wrangle a huge amount of material and give us practical examples of some relatively obscure details that will be on the certification exam. I had a rather frustrating week overall because I ended up doing a lot of development late into the night, and at times even into class time. I need to set better demarcation in my time, if I am doing something then that is what I am doing.

With my first day down, I am cautiously optimistic about this training class. Today my day started with a 2+ hour commute into Manhattan, needless to say I was late to class. The bonus is that the first hour of class was very, very basic, and I have enough programming classes under my belt, and PHP knowledge that I didn't need this portion of the class. I do feel that I did learn a few things today, but I will say I wish that we were given a few more guided tutorials, and problems to work out ourselves.

Training is over and I would have to say that the training did it's job. I feel a little more comfortable with HP OpenView for Windows and I am impressed with the scope of the monitoring available through OVOW. I didn't drink the HP Kool-Aid but I would have to say that the product allows you to know when there are events anywhere within your IT enviornment, and take actions on that knowledge. I still think that there is a total disconnect from IT folks and their senior management and HP sales.

I am lucky enough to work in a situation where I get to go to instructor-led training for technology that I support. So for the record, this week I am in a HP OpenView Administration I class. All I have to say is wow, this is going to be brutal. For those that aren't familiar with this product I will give you the geek's sales pitch..."Hi there would you like to be more proactive? Would you like to make you bosses see what it is that IT supports and prove to them you are doing your job?