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| A friend of mine (yes I have non-Drupal friends) is ready to dive into | |
| development, specifically Drupal. He was going to go to one of those developer | |
| bootcamps like Hackreactor but isn't really interested in the Silicon Valley | |
| startup scene and lifestyle. That said, he does want a bootcamp style on-ramp | |
| to Drupal and the community. He wants to dive in hard and spend a significant | |
| amount of time to get on-boarded as quickly as possible. He wants to switch | |
| careers. I have offered to mentor him and get him plugged into the Drupal | |
| community. He is 35 with two kids and a spouse. Fortunately he is able to | |
| take some time off his current job to get going. He says he has studied HTML/CSS | |
| and basic JS. He recently studied and was certified with some Cisco cert, | |
| can't recall which one. Mentioning this to make the point that he's a quick | |
| study so I trust he can learn at a rapid pace. | |
| I have invited him to attend BuildaModule training at BadCamp but what would | |
| you recommend? | |
| Another option: | |
| Drupaleasy Academy seems to be right up his alley. | |
| http://drupaleasy.com/academy |
The DrupalEasy course you mentioned might be a good choice since it's on rails and can be done remotely. Joe DiDonito from http://techbootcamps.com/ does an 8-week intensive camp based on the BuildAModule curriculum in the Boston area, but it's something you have to be there physically for.
The BuildAModule videos are of course something he could go through in order, and set his own goals and pace there. He could even connect with a mentor on http://buildamodule.com/mentors to see if anyone is interesting in providing regular input as he works through the material. A lot of people use those successfully as a jumping off point for a career in Drupal.
Good luck, Bob's Friend!
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Two great resources for learning the basics of Drupal are:
http://leveluptuts.com/tutorials/drupal-tutorials
and
http://getlevelten.com/tutorial/course/getting-started-drupal-7
However, training alone may not do the trick. He needs to be exposed to the best part of Drupal, its community. DrupalCamps and Meetups are effective ways for someone to know the power behind Drupal and to let them know they are not alone.
Hope this helps. :-)