SQL - Groupon Courses

trafficlight

Just wondering has anyone had any experience with doing courses that are being sold on Groupon.ie.
Are they any good, are they worth while. Do they cover relevant content and do employers recognise them.

One that I am looking at is the Online SQL or SharePoint Training Bundle, or MCSA and MCSE Server Certification Bundle from Career Match.

Would such a course help with getting an entry position in SQL (DBA)

Tom Dunne

Can you provide a link to the courses?

trafficlight

its
https://www.groupon.ie/browse/cork?lat=51.9&lng=-8.475&address=Munster&query=Online+SQL+or+SharePoint+Training+Bundle%2C+or+MCSA&locale=en_IE

Thanks

Tom Dunne

trafficlight wrote: »

Would such a course help with getting an entry position in SQL (DBA)

The Microsoft certifications are well recognised, and you could argue that they would help in getting an entry level position.

What you really need to look at is how the courses are delivered. As in, do you simply get a login to a webpage where you click next, next next, with a couple of videos thrown in? You will also most likely have to go off and find an exam center and pay for the exams yourself. Speaking from (bitter ) experience, you will not pass the exams without a good bit of hands-on experience, outside of the learning environment. So this would need to be factored in too.