Keeping skills up to date

It should be common sense these days - if you are working for a company for 5 or 10 years - what do you have to show for it once you get booted? WIN still re-reimburses their employees (I think they still do) for up to $5000 per year for college, or certifications like CCNA. Lot of WIN employees I know took advantage of this and they have up-to-date skills, even though they are working for a dinosaur company.

Just having on your resume you worked for WIN for 20 years don't mean jack anymore if you don't show you continued learning newer technologies. Udemy and Udacity offer lots of low cost training classes - really no excuse to be caught unemployed with legacy skills that nobody needs.

You can make excuses for not updating your skills - then your resume will be sent to the trash bin by companies you apply to because your skills are outdated.

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"I would not recommend those to secure a future."

Depends on what type of 'secure future' you refer to. The old way of getting college degrees as the only learning avenue has been passed. These other avenues of learning can assist a student to acquire their certification, or at least give them some good experience to be able to hold their own for tech talks. Technology is changing every day, and the old ways of doing things don't work for everyone.

Many technology companies will hire people with experience in a chosen field - many times not requiring a degree, but being very knowledgeable in that particular field is important, and that is where Udemy and similar learning centers are gaining ground.

But it all comes down to is how you use that learning - whether a degree from a well-known university, or some online learning center - continual learning is required these days, and using all available learning options is what more people are seeking these days to learn a new skill quicker.

There are more than one way to acquire skills than going through the accredited route.

Neither Udemy or Udacity are accredited. Also, both of which are taken with a grain of salt. Using them for knowledge to actually go to an accredited school and receive a certification or degree is a different story. I would not recommend those to secure a future.

Thanks for your input John.

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