Who Should Apply for the Drupal Career Starter Program?

Considerations

If you are considering a career in Drupal, you should:

1. Seek a career that provides less traditional work environments
2. Want a career built on self-motivated learning and career development
3. Wish to create modern web sites using an open-source content management system
4. Look forward to participating in an open-source community
5. Desire to become an independent software consultant or contractor
6. Exhibit strong communication skills (email, chat, video conferences, etc..)

Technology Requirements

All participants must have access to a suitably configured WiFi-enabled laptop for every class session.  The laptop can be any one of the following:

• A laptop with a modern Microsoft-based OS (VISTA or 7), 512 MB RAM, 1GB free hard drive space.
• A laptop with Apple OS X (10.4 or higher), 512MB RAM, 1GB free hard drive space.
• A laptop with a modern Linux-based OS, 512MB RAM, 1GB free hard drive space.

Skill Requirements

Although formal IT training in programming is not a pre-requisite for the Drupal Career Starter Program, applicants should have, or be familiar with:

• Web development in one or more of the following:
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • PHP
  • Any modern content management system

OR

• Programming experience with one or more of the following:
  • PHP
  • JavaScript
  • Microsoft ASP or ASP.NET
  • Python
  • Java
  • virtually any other language commonly used in the creation of web sites

OR

• Sysadmin experience with one or more of the following:
  • *nix
  • MySql
  • Apache