I've just caught these people advertising themselves on the television. Are they any good?
That's "Computeach", IT teachers since 1964. I'm never convinced when people claim to have been doing something "since" whenever. All it tells me is that they want you to think they're experienced, but not that they necessarily are. After all, was it the exact same people? And if it were, would that be good?
Here are two ways of seeing this.
One: the British economy is on the up and up, and more and more people want to get with the new economy.
Two: the British economy is on the down and down, and more and more people are now unable to get real jobs doing this stuff and so are desperate to teach it instead, and will take very poor money to do it, so it's all got a lot cheaper to learn, so come and get it. Please. Oh all right then.
Still, TV adverts cost, and this advert at least suggests that someone thinks this will make money rather than just chuck it away. You don't very often see education adverts on British telly. And if the economy is on the down and down, teaching and learning this stuff is no bad way to react.
Certainly remaining in business, especially in the rapidly changing world of IT, over the course of 40 years means that _something_ is being done right. Of course it's not the same exact people, but somebody came up with a process that's worked so far.
Or, at least, that's the implication to me.
Whenever I see those signs that say "since (xxxx year)" it reminds me of how old I've gotten. As a kid I'd look at a sign that said "Since 1925" and think..."Wow, a long time ago." Now, people are supposed to think 1964 was a long time ago...but dammit, I was already BORN by then. How long ago could it be? :)
Probably they are highly-skilled IT professionals whose jobs have been "offshored" by the large companies they used to work for, and working for themselves at least has the advantage that they are not going to make themselves redundant.
