How did you guys learn Argus?
I have been wanting to learn Argus for a while, but I haven't had the opportunity at any of the CRE jobs I've had. Is this something most people pick up during grad school? Or something that you learn on the job.. or something that you take classes for outside of work? Just trying to figure out how most people get there. 
[{"id": "df5l7pj", "text": "I took the certification course for it on the argus website which was informative but not really worth the money in my opinion (I chose to do this as my major in college was in Biochemistry and when i decided to work in CRE i needed to beef up my resume). A lot of my buddies working in CRE ended up just learning it on the fly during their first jobs. It's not all that complicated and if you have access to it, you can pretty much master it by just googling and playing around with it on your own time. ", "replies": [{"id": "df7f2sx", "text": "What do you do now? Real estate finance?", "replies": [{"id": "df7qfd5", "text": "Yup. Investment and development firm. ", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}, {"id": "dfj45gv", "text": "After learning to code with Python, I'm making a model with Argus now with little intimidation. I have the program, I have the software, I have google, seems simple enough. Its going fine.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "df5o0g7", "text": "On the job. 100%. i learned a little in grad school, but it was not super helpful once i started real work.", "replies": [{"id": "df8e8zc", "text": "Hm, what kind of work are you doing? Was it a requirement to get the position you have now? How long would you say it would it take for someone already knowledgeable in underwriting to become proficient in Argus? ", "replies": [{"id": "df8h9tn", "text": "I was an analyst for a developer. I've since moved on from my analyst role and don't use Argus anymore, and so I can't totally answer your question about leaning Argus from scratch since the new Argus is really different from what I learned. I will say though, that I  became the hiring manager for the analyst group and I never disqualified someone for lack of Argus experience. I was more interested in problem solving abilities, interest in real estate, ability to work on a team, and teachability. Argus experience obviously was nice to see on the resume, but wasn't a requirement.", "replies": [{"id": "df8hgti", "text": "Thank you for your thoughtful reply. ", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "df62z9w", "text": "On the job", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "df6kkt7", "text": "On the job. Did the certification training in grad school but I already knew it pretty well by then. \n\nAlso did one day of training for Enterprise about a year ago but haven't used it at all for work. Haven't had any clients specifically request it either. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dfaor23", "text": "2 day class in Irvine", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dfkkig7", "text": "2 day crash course at my old job, then just continued to work with it. No longer use it in my new firm.\n\n\nDon't waste your money on classes unless you are going for a job that will be using it every day.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]