Geek - Big Brother House
On CBS Television in the United States there is a show called Big Brother and the premise of this reality show is that they have a bunch of people living together. They go through a series of situations which are staged and corny at best, and result in the residents of the Big Brother House voting to eliminate each other one at a time each week. It is tough even sharing a home with my family at times so I could not imagine living in this situation let alone enjoying an existence as a human piranha. So when I learned about CCVP training being offered in a home setting with the instructor shut in with 12 geeks I was intrigued.
When looking at all the possible scenarios to gain training I have seen few that have really raised an eye brow. I did hear of an experience recently though that did. Picture if you will, sharing your training experience with 11 others, not a real stretch since average training class sizes for those pursuing CCVP or CCIE certification are about that size. Suppose those 11 others are all then sharing a kitchen and bathroom with you; there again not stretch of the imagination since most training companies do not provide private facilities or toilets. Now imagine sharing a bedroom, living room, cleaning chores, cooking duties and this does begin to make you think we are talking about a Geek Big Brother House. Can you imagine 12 geeks stumbling over each other with no elimination rounds to thin out the ranks or even a grand prize to walk away with? No chance to beat each other over the head with your technological savvy in hopes of sending others home first! In India this is a method used by Faisal Khan of Voice Bootcamp. When he travels to India his classes are filled with devoted students willing to work straight through 2 weeks of hands on voice training for 12 to 14 hours every day!
Faisal recently rented a 3 bedroom 3 bath home furnished with bunk beds. Moving around the furniture in the living room he then setup IP Phones and training equipment in its place. Connecting back to his offices in Toronto he had all he needed to successfully navigate his students through the CCIE Voice curriculum to help them achieve CCVP certification. I have been advised in many instances about the differences in cultures I have been dealing with as a recruiter in the Cisco SRS program. I have learned that in many cultures collaborative learning is the norm. In the case of Faisal’s classes what resulted each time was a think tank of knowledge sharing technophiles ravenous for a chance to improve their chances at CCVP or CCIE Voice certification.
This experience begs to be explored further since as voyeurs we all will want to know about the hair pulling, eye gouging, ear biting, and pizza
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