Abdulrahman Rafiq: Today, more than ever, the Internet is a source of a wealth of information on practically everything. Demo programs, for instance, allow a user to exercise a program while either not being able to save it or limit the nets it may manipulate. Additionally, asking a vendor for temporary licenses is yet another way to practice hands on. Online Documentation: Many vendors help in ONLINE including tutorials WEBINARS are often free. User's Groups and or Conferences Often offer lower cost classes, lectures and tutorials. See their Web sites- examples http://wwww.cadenceusers.org/ http://www.mentorug.org/ Trade show Indexes http://www.eventseye.com/fairs/event_t_51.html Other Become a student and get access to student version's of software through the campus bookstore Good Luck to your friend Steve Salkow Lockheed Martin 3200 Zanker Road San Jose, CA 95134 (408) 473-4058 (san Jose) (408) 742-4162 (Sunnyvale) steven.salkow@xxxxxxxx salkow@xxxxxxxxxxxx (925) 462-1075 Home (925-) 487-5946 Cell (408) 468-7271 Numeric Pager -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Hilton-Nickel Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 9:04 AM To: arafiq786@xxxxxxxxx Cc: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Inexpensive Training Courses Abbey, I know Cadence has a program called "Retool to Work", which offers free training to qualified candidates who are unemployed and need to advance their skill set in electronic design. Your friend would have to qualify, and they only allow two people from the program in each class, assuming the class isn't full of paying customers. http://www.cadence.com/support/education/retool.aspx Alan Abdulrahman Rafiq wrote: >To whom it May concern, > >I am looking for some information for a freind, who is looking to get >back into the industry after taking a break to complete his advance >degree....he is looking for information on any inexpensive training >courses offered in Xtk, Hspice, SpectraQUEST, Spectra, Allegro, >etc...basically short inexpensive SI Tool's courses for someone who was >in industry, then took a break to go and attain an advance degree, and >is looking to get back into the industry? > >His main goal is to try and brush up and update some of his skills with >several of the SI related tools....also timing analysis tools such as >BLAST. > >Thanks, > >Abbey > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu