As I said in a previous post, there is a shortage of qualified Drupal talent. We need to get a lot of new people up up to speed. The topic has been getting increasing visibility in the Drupal community.

I'm happy to see that folks are rising to the occasion. Lullabot has hired new trainers. Mediacurrent and Open Source Training have announced a new partnership, and Dries just announced Acquia's new training program.

Though much more modest in scale, myself and some of the folks at the Austin Drupal Dojo will be launching a Drupal theming study group. GeekAustin friend Eve Richter, Coordinator for the City of Austin's Emerging Technology Office, has offered to support the project by providing space. Several of Austin's top Drupal themers have committed to support the project as well. I'll be publishing more details as soon as everyone gets back from DrupalCon.

Weeee.

Lynn