I went to Chubb Institute (Springfield PA) for mainframe programming in 1996 and it was a good experience as the teachers and the administration were generally competent and trustworthy and the tuition was reasonable (~ $7, 000 I think). They were helpful at getting me job interviews that led me to a 5/12 year stint with DuPont (of course the economic boom and y2k scare of the late 90's helped). One reason I gravitated to Chubb was
due to a representative at Computer Learning Center that tried to intimidate me to sign up, when I balked she tried to intimidate
me by saying "I dont think your committed enough". This aggravated me to the point where I walked out and went to Chubb who didn't
pressure me whatsoever.
In 2004, I found myself out of a job and decided to attend Chubb for Network Security (as the mainframe opportunities subsided).
There were a few good teachers but a few that were really bad. One in particular was the Linux teacher, an unstable man who would
behave irradic and even yell at us. What was worse was that he was a lousy teacher and the labs that we were assigned DID NOT EVEN MATCH
THE TEXTBOOK nor did he address it. He just kept on teaching it. It to the end of the course ultimately for Chubb to have someone else resolve
the labs and teach the course which at that juncture didn't help much and probably wasted about $3, 000 of our tuition. I complained
to the dean (or woman who would become the dean as I recall) about the situation and she dismissed our complaints. As a result,
I wrote a complaint to the PA department of education which obligated Chubb to respond. Chubb 's response was full of attacks on me
personally rather than focus on why the course was not being taught properly to the entire class (who had complained as well). It was
an absolute nightmare and largely a waste of $14, 000. Ironically, it wasn't until the end of the curriculum that it finally dawned on
me where I recognized our dean from - she was the representative from Computer Learning Center that tried to intimidate me years before. Go figure.
