Thirty dollars? That's much too low. Rates for training typically build in premiums for the time it takes to build courseware and for the fact that course delivery is very demanding. A $5-10k day (for the trainer) is not at all outside the norm for in-person training. There are plenty of open-enrollment classes that are in the $1-3k/attendee range.<p>If you're giving the class just to figure out how your courseware works, or to dip your toes in the water --- I do both somewhat regularly (as in, a few times in the last 5 years), just do free. $30 isn't even enough to work well as earnest money.
This is comparable to the hourly rate for lessons I took for fun or otherwise for personal benefit. Swing dance lessons, improv comedy, etc.<p>I'm not seeking to learn RoR, but your rate strikes me as extremely reasonable. tptacek suggests that it's too low; I'll just say that if I wanted to invest 2 hours in this, I'd certainly also be willing to invest $30.
This is interesting. I like teaching and have thought about doing something similar for iOS development in/around NYC as a means of supplemental income but I haven't quite worked out how to go about it yet.<p>I'd be really interested in hearing how this goes for you!
What's the target audience, are you going to filter by, say, DBAs, QA engineers and those conversant in django/java/PHP who're crossing over vs. people getting started in dev?