Life of an instructor / trainer
I have quitted my job at ATL since 3 weeks
ago. Even though I am no longer Binus' development staff, but I am still a
programming instructor / trainer at BinusCenter.
My plan was temporary I won't work fulltime
at any places; it's time for me to relax and have some rest for some couple of
times. Perhaps, I will take few classes at BinusCenter and maybe take some
freelance project. However, BinusCenter is in short of instructor now, thus I
have to take many 5 classes. 5 classes takes 8 shifts in a week, each shift
takes 3 hours. Huh... So, my plan "relax and have some rest" have gone. I
conclude that "teaching for 2 shift (6 hours) for a day is more tired than
working for 1 day (8/9 hours)". I have to talk all the 6 hours, explain the
material, give some demo, and help my student when they have problems. These
are more tiring than just sit in front of the computer and do some code (as a
developer :D). But anyway, this is a challenge for me; I'll do the best to do
it.
Since I am a .NET Geeks, in most I teach on
some .NET modules such as VB.NET for Win App, Introduction to C#, ASP.NET, etc.
But now, I have to handle 3 PHP classes and 1 VB 6.0, which are actually they
are not my expertise. In the other hand, it might be good for me because I'll
have the motivation to learn more before I face my students in the class.
Tuesday is the most tiring day for me, I
have to handle 3 class successively, from 11.20 till 21.00, around 9 hours. 2
PHP classes at first, and then an ASP.NET class in the last.
Well in PHP classes, most of my students
are Binus' students who are taking "Web Database subject in the academic (using
PHP in the lab)", they might find some problems in lab, and they want to solve
their problems by taking the course at BinusCenter. Moreover, there are some
students that just want to expand their knowledge since PHP is quite popular at
the "market".
The most challenging (and tiring) class is
the ASP.NET class. The students come from different background. Some of them
are VB 6.0 developers, some of them are still students, some of them are
working on the IT department who seldom "touch" software development stuffs,
and also there is an "uncle" who is a non-IT guy, but a personnel staff. (Huhuhu....).
Really, it's not easy to handle the class with this kind of situation. Some of
them even don't know .NET Framework, HTML, and the concept of web application.
Some of them have already worked on JSP project. But, I have to face it; it is
my responsible as a trainer. I'll try to make balance and try my best to
handle.
About the uncle, actually I am quite
impressed, because at his age, he still has desire to learn. However, it is not
easy for me to handle because he even doesn't know how to open a new file at
Dreamweaver K. Actually, he has to take some fundamental programming or web
development class before step into my ASP.NET class. But, it is too late now.
Forget it then, I will try my best to help him. Wish me luck!