I’m a web developer, but I also moonlight as a trainer.

Today, I saw my lowest attendance yet: 20%
Lately, the students are  frequently late, so I did not make much of it when I got started with the seminar. After about an hour, it became clear that at most one other person will show up. He didn’t, though.

While having the time to deal with your students seems great, in the end, you’re left with a lot of time on your hands. You get to focus on a reduced set of bugs, you don’t need to direct your speech to many people, so you get to wrap up a lot faster. Even though you need to briefly go over yesterday’s topics.

I was kinda glad to have an extra hour, it’s been a while since that happened, but I wonder if that’s the way my college teachers and lecturers and assistants felt. One in five is a low ratio anyway you look at it. This should tell you that you’re doing something wrong. Or maybe they’re just not that interested in the subject. Or maybe you simply lack charisma. Or maybe everyone had a tough day and simply couldn’t make it.

Paranoia or coincidence — which would you rather?