Looks like lots of people do, and Microsoft and a few MVP's are going to help you out. As Paul, Rob and AC blogged recently there is a new webcast series coming to address some of the SharePoint knowledge needs.
Find out more about them here
http://blogs.msdn.com/pandrew/archive/2008/05/12/sharepoint-developer-msdn-web-cast-series.aspx
http://www.thorprojects.com/blog/archive/2008/05/14/become-a-sharepoint-developer-instantly-if-not-before.aspx
http://www.andrewconnell.com/blog/archive/2008/05/13/ASP.NET-Developer-Looking-for-a-SharePoint-RampUp.aspx
Check them out and hopefully we can all be as smart as Rob, Paul, and AC