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Let your employer pay

Your manager rarely goes looking for a course like this. Forward this letter, adapt it where needed, and ask whether you may start with week 1. It is free.

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Subject: Proposal: Python for Revit course (PyPath)

Hi [manager's name],

I would like to learn how to automate our Revit work. With PyPath I can do that in 12 weeks, about ten minutes a day, on my phone or laptop. The exercises are about our field: building services and greenhouses.

What it delivers: repetitive work such as filling in parameters, making schedules and checking models, I can then do with my own button in Revit. If I save one hour a week, that is about €3,300 a year at €75 an hour. Including the learning time, the investment pays for itself in about 18 working weeks. The cost example is here: https://pypath-automation.github.io/PyPath/en/business.html#calculator

What it costs: PyPath Basis is €99.99 one-time (PyPath Complete, with the trade packs, €249.99). That is less than one day of classroom training, and I am never away from work for a day.

Reimbursement: in the Netherlands, training can be reimbursed tax-free under the work-related costs scheme (werkkostenregeling). I buy the app myself and claim the expense.

My proposal: I will do week 1 first, which is free. If it works for me, we discuss whether the company pays for the rest.

Kind regards,
[your name]

Tips to make it stronger

  • Mention your own example. Which repetitive work costs you time every week? A list you retype, parameters you fill in, a check you do by hand.
  • Start small. Week 1 is free. Only ask whether you may start; the money comes later.
  • Do it with two people. With a colleague on board, the knowledge does not sit with one person, which employers like.
  • Show the cost example. On the For business page your manager can enter their own figures.

What your manager wants to know

Cost example per employee (€75 per hour, 15 hours learning, PyPath Complete, 44 working weeks)
Saved per weekSaving per yearPaid back after
30 minutes€1,650± 37 working weeks
1 hour€3,300± 18 working weeks
2 hours€6,600± 9 working weeks

The saving per week is an assumption until it is measured in practice. More on maintaining the scripts, safety and how it complements the tools you already use is on For business.