Can anyone comment on training that they may or may not receive from their employer. I'm just wondering because both the company I'm with now & the one I was with previously did/do not respond to my requests for additional training. Am I out in left field to think that with the rate that new technology changes that it would be in a companys best interests to send/get training for their IT team? The people on the hardware side seem to get the training on new systems to get & keep them running but as a programmer I'm usually left to my own devices to research information when I need it. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem trying to research a problem but I can't help but think if I had the tools (online course, training CD's, or wonder of wonder an actual class with real people to talk to) I would be a more productive programmer. Books have only gotten me so far, this site has help me more than anything. I'm just curious as to someone else's situation.