Free training session on "A Quick Introduction to scripting on GNU/Linux platform" turned out to be a great success!

I thank each and everyone who have managed to spare their weekends (well, weekends are a luxury for working professionals) and attended the 2-days quick dip training on scripting.

Nothing in this world is perfect. So, talking about the "what-went-wrong" and/or "what-was-inconvenient" first:

• Most participants had to travel a long distance, which
  should've been very much tiring for them on a hot
  summer. I appreciate each and every participant's dedication and
  determination to learn inspite of these nuances.
• Most participants had problems in locating the venue
  (my residence/office) at Sholinganallur. I strongly
  appreciate their patience and the effort put forth
  in locating the venue.
• The hall was too small to accomodate the crowd, which
  coupled with the unbearably hot and humid weather
  had transformed the hall into a hot oven. But the participants
  were kind enough to tolerate the hot/humid
  surrounding.
• Inspite of my rush-for-speed, I could not complete all
  the topics that I had mentioned/advertised. The sheer
  lack of time, and schedule-overspill had me wind up
  with only the core concepts of scripting and introduction
  to shell scripts. Perl was left uncovered! Yet, I'm happy
  that none of the participants complained - but rather
  commended my effort and had claimed that they learnt interesting
  concepts in 2 days.

There were 17 participants on Saturday, and 16 on Sunday. Some folks who came over on Saturday didn't make it on Sunday; there were new participants on Sunday. Inspite of all hurdles and inconveniences, every participant gave me a positive feedback, which is very much motivating. Everyone who attended the training session claimed to have learnt new techniques and commands, and everyone (based on the Sunday's feedback) happened to like the way I conducted the 2-day session [No presentation, breadth of coverage, focus on fundamentals and quick'n'dirty practical demonstrations]. A couple of participants claimed to have been inspired to learn more - which makes me feel happy and more motivated.

All in all, every participant left with a smile and I hope that their weekend was worthwhile.

I thank everyone once again for their wonderful feedback which motivates me to conduct more such free sessions in future!