{"id":406,"date":"2009-11-18T05:09:04","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T13:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=406"},"modified":"2009-12-02T23:13:18","modified_gmt":"2009-12-03T07:13:18","slug":"how-did-you-learn-solidworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=406","title":{"rendered":"How did you learn SolidWorks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a <a title=\"Value of SW training\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=395\" target=\"_blank\">previous article<\/a>, I recently asked for the opinions of others about the best methods to train new employees for SolidWorks.\u00a0 So far, the response is split between &#8220;on the job training with a mentor&#8221; and &#8220;VAR taught introductory courses&#8221;.\u00a0 This is a bit of a surprize given the emphasis placed on VAR based training these days.\u00a0\u00a0 Do others question of the value of VAR training?\u00a0 Is it effective?\u00a0 Or, is VAR training just not worth the costs or the time away from work?\u00a0 My own experience is that VAR training classes do not necessarily give the best benefit to new users.<\/p>\n<p>The responses made me curious about something else.\u00a0 How did current SolidWorks users learn the software?<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-4\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_4\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/swblog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_4_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"b7f6decfed\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"4\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How did you first learn the SolidWorks application?  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