Mostly a newbie to Drupal, but with about 8 months pouring myself into it and developing a highly interactive site with as many bells and whistles as possible. Previously dabbled lots in HTML, Javascript, Dreamweaver, Flash, some PHP. It's been a very good experience and getting into the code has been so necessary. You learn best when actually doing, trying, failing, solving, succeeding. Stackexchange is a great resource.