Hey guys,

A quick question about training.

My company are offering to put me through a 5 day course in .NET programming with C#, on the proviso that I work for them for a minimum 12 month period immediately after the training has been completed. IF I don't work for them for 12months I will be expected to pay them back teh cost of the training, minus the amount of months which I have stayed at the company (e.g. stay 6 months and only pay back half).

The course will be $3,300 AUD - and will have no qualifications.

I have been programming in C# for about 6 months, and in PHP for about 10 years - so I am getting the hang of .NET slowly but surely.

Is it worth doing this? Or would I be best advised to learn from reading the MS books from Amazon for $40 and then sitting the 2 exams to get MS certified off my own back?

The company are not willing to pay for my certification as well as 'they are not training me to get certified' and hence more employable...

Thoughts?

How do other companies deal with training? And stop people from taking off after becoming certified?