On this page we feature students who are either currently attending or recently attended a Boot Camp at Koenig. We encourage them to share their experiences in India with their friends across the world. If you are planning to join a Boot Camp at Koenig, you will find this section interesting. And, of course, you can hope to be featured here soon !!!
My name is Bob Marsden,
I live in Shoreham-by-Sea on the south
coast of England about 6 miles west
of Brighton. I have been happily married
to a wonderful wife for 20 years now
and I have two children, a son of 17
and a daughter of 16.
I made the move to
computing as a career about 3 years
ago from an engineering background but
was recently made redundant. I decided
to spend some of my redundancy on gaining
some Microsoft Certifications and so,
decided to do an MCAD course. Having
started the course I decided to extend
my time here and get an MCSD as well.
I chose Koenig and
India for two reasons, initially the
price but also for the fact that you
can complete a test online, which is
then scored by a tutor to give a level
of knowledge. This score can then be
used to select the course length best
suited to your knowledge level. This
in itself gave me the confidence that
the course was achievable in the time
(and money) I had available.
The Staff at Koenig
are all very friendly and approachable.
I celebrated a birthday while I was
there and the staff marked the occasion
with a card and a bunch of flowers.
My tutor, also bought me a present,
some Gulab Jaman, an Indian sweet (that
is incredibly sweet but has a very nice
after taste). Three others also had
birthdays around this time and Isha
arranged a birthday cake for us all.
The course is intense
as the workload is very high and nearly
all my spare time was consumed with
study and revision. I came out to get
the certification and that is exactly
what I got, unfortunately my time scale
gave me no time to see anything of the
local area. I just wish I had taken
a bit more time out here to see some
of India. I plan to come back with my
wife for a holiday.
The hotel Rangoli
was a nice hotel with a very friendly
staff. The roof has been set up with
tables and chairs to form a pleasant
socializing area. In my opinion this
was the best of the hotels and I was
very pleased to have been placed here.
If I come back to do further courses
(and I plan to) I will ask to stay there
again. I would suggest you bring a travel
kettle to make your own drinks; coffee,
tea sugar and powdered milk are all
available at a shop just down the road.
The Roads are absolutely
incredible, with pedestrians walking
down the middle of the road, cars driving
on the wrong side of the road and cars
just pulling out at junctions apparently
regardless of oncoming traffic. But
there appears to be very few accidents,
probably due to the fact that they all
expect each other to do the same and
although it appears chaotic it seems
to work.
I was fortunate to come out at the end
of February, the weather had warmed
up to that of a hot British summers
day, and the Holi Festival was just
about to begin. This is a fun
time, for several days leading
up to the big day, people bomb pedestrians with small water filled balloons (so you have to avoid the wet spot on the road if you want to keep dry).
Holi this
year was on Sunday 6 March and Koenig
arranged a party for us on the Saturday
evening at a venue outside of Delhi.
The scenery on the drive out was beautiful
it was so lush and green with great
swathes of red blossoms hanging from
the trees and monkeys running around
everywhere. The Party was great fun
with a disco, lots of coloured powders
to throw at each other and a fantastic
spread of food with a huge variety of
dishes and lots of drink. Everyone had
a great time and a chance to mingle
with each other and the staff.
I have
been very pleased and impressed by the
whole setup and would like to thank
everyone for the experience especially
my tutor who I got on with extremely
well and who was very patient! Ritesh,
for helping me with various problems
with my laptop and Isha for everything
else, except for telling me that Palak
paneer doesn't have chilli in it.
