On Mon, 11 May 2015, Brenda J. Butler wrote:
> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 06:19:28AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > On Sun, 10 May 2015, David Manouchehri wrote:
> > > That company is charging around ~$400/hr. I'm guessing their
> > > business model is to mostly do nothing, and then hope they find
> > > the occasional non-technical client who doesn't know any better.
> > > They hire contract teachers for their courses, so I'm guessing
> > > they pay them around ~$50/hr and pocket >$300/hr. Seems rather
> > > predatory to me, I would avoid even mentioning their URL or
> > > company name.
> >
> > i would agree. but i can't imagine even a *non*-technical client
> > not understanding the proper pricing of technical training. anyone
> > who's even moderately good at business already knows the
> > appropriate range of prices for training courses, and over $3000
> > for a single day of intro instruction should have *anyone* saying,
> > "whaaaaaa?"
>
> My impression was that they would happily give a course for only 1
> or 2 people (ie, no cancellations due to "lack of students").
if i was charging $3K+ per student per day, i'd teach for a single
student as well. :-)
rday
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