In DrupalCon Lille we officially started the IXP Initiative.

The IXP Fellowship Initiative is a community-driven initiative to create incentives for companies to guide new developers through the very beginning of their career in Drupal.

It seeks to address several issues:

- Even "Junior Drupal Developer" roles often require at least 6mo-1yr of experience.
- Companies who invest in early development roles and emerging talent make a large investment in talent development, but then larger organizations in wealthier countries are able to hire the newly trained developers away at rates they can't compete with.

We cannot solve the differences in developer salaries, but we can try to find a way to ensure that companies are rewarded for their investment in training new developers, even if they are hired away.

Lets make this a reality!

https://www.drupal.org/community-initiatives/ixp