Monthly Archives: January 2015

What Qlik developers can learn from The Karate Kid

Karate KidAs you might have guessed from some of my earlier posts, I am a sucker for popular culture from the 80’s and 90’s. On this (apparently) most-depressing day of the year, let me offer you some light hearted, positive reading and share with you five of the motivational lessons that I learned from the 1984 classic The Karate Kid. Specifically, I will tell you how these lessons can be applied to learning Qlik, increasing your skills and expanding your knowledge. Or at least make you smile.

A quick summary of the plot for those not familiar with the movie (shame on you! 😉 ):

Daniel has just moved from New Jersey to California with his mom. He quickly discovers that it isn’t as great as he thought it would be. Daniel doesn’t fit in and a gang of bullies, who are all adept at karate, are making his life miserable. He then meets Mr. Myagi, a handyman who also happens to be a karate master. Mr. Myagi takes Daniel under his wing and teaches him karate, showing him along the way that karate (and life) are not always about power and strenght. Can Daniel overcome his bullies in the All-Valley Karate Championship? (spoiler: yes he can!)

And now, on to the lessons!

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Online QlikView trainings in January 2015

As you may know, we offer online QlikView and Qlik Sense trainings through the QlikOn Training Center. These trainings are short (4 hours max), instructor-led and focus on a single subject which will be covered in-depth. With small groups there is enough opportunity to ask as many questions as you like. A perfect way to increase your skills and knowledge.

For January 2015, we are offer the following trainings:

4ac7eff2-df02-466d-ba70-58a779a6d3e6Introduction to QlikView Extensions
Date: Thursday January 15th
Duration: 2.5 hours (2 sessions)
Trainer: Ralf Becher

 

b8183d29-3f2f-4f7c-a7c4-995e2c6f5d9cQlikView Components Scripting Library

Date: Thursday January 29th
Duration: 3.5 hours (1 session)
Trainer: Rob Wunderlich

 

0b72d2c1-a3d8-4183-8d85-d2442814940aQlikView Data Visualization (new)

Date: Friday January 30th
Duration: 4 hours (1 session)
Trainer: Karl Pover

 

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Date: Thursday January 22nd
Duration: 4 hours (2 sessions)
Trainer: Barry Harmsen

 

For more information check out the QlikOn website. Are you in need of a specific training, or do you have an interesting QlikView / Qlik Sense training that you would like to deliver? Feel free to contact me to discuss.