# I have an opprotunity for e-learning

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-opprotunity-for-e-learning/580380>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 1, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-opprotunity-for-e-learning/580380 "2011-05-01T14:13:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-opprotunity-for-e-learning/580380/1 "2011-05-01T14:13:21Z")

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So I have a chance to take some courses from this company Metrix Learning (sponsored by state Dept of Labor, given that I’m unemployed and taking benefits) and I don’t know what to take. No course appears to be pertinent to my line of work (I’m an analytical chemist), but I can’t really tell from an alphabetical listing. Can people just look at the list, and say, “Oh, that’s awesome” or “I wish more people understood that topic, I’d make may job easier, because they’d make more reasonable requests.” or even, “That’s a good introduction for a job anyone can get.”

So, here’s the alphabetical list: [http://www.metrixlearning.com/catalog-search.cfm](http://www.metrixlearning.com/catalog-search.cfm)

_MODS_ This is not an advert or spam or hijacked account. If it seems so, just let me know, and we can make this a generic, what online courses have you signed up for thread.

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-opprotunity-for-e-learning/580380/2 "2011-05-01T14:39:34Z")

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I think that this would depend on what skills you already have. “Estimating and budgeting project costs” might be a good one.

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**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-opprotunity-for-e-learning/580380/3 "2011-05-03T14:46:32Z")

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Exactly. When I look at the list alphabetically, I see many computer programing concepts, for example [ASP.net](http://ASP.net). But I don’t know what would be the most basic one, the one a total novice would start with, which is what I’d need.

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-opprotunity-for-e-learning/580380/4 "2011-05-03T15:32:07Z")

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Sorry, I have no idea about where you’d start.