Are you an entry-level DBA, or looking to make the career switch? Feel like you are looking up from the bottom of a very tall ladder? Don't have much of a budget for training?

Here's a list of resources I'd recommend, in no particular order.

EDIT: I presented this content, along with a bunch of other content and some lame jokes, at the Baton Rouge User Groups Networking Night on July 13. You can download the slidedeck here.

• Register for PASS and join your local SQL Server User Group and also some Virtual Chapters. Pay special attention to:
o DBA Fundamentals - http://fundamentals.sqlpass.org/
o Database Administration - http://dba.sqlpass.org/
o Security - http://security.sqlpass.org/

• Register for SQLSaturday Baton Rouge on Aug 6, or the nearest SQLSaturday to your location. Somewhere in the world, a free SQLSaturday community event is held almost every week.
o Register to volunteer too: http://www.sqlsaturday.com/515/Volunteers.aspx 
o Check out the pre-cons before this SQLSaturday and others like it - they are a bargain for the quality and quantity of training.

• Register at SQL Server Central and look into some of the "Stairways". Pay special attention to:
o Stairway to Integration Services: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/stairway/72494/
o Stairway to SQL Server Indexes: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/stairway/72399/
o Stairway to SQL Server Security: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/stairway/110890/
o Stairway to Transaction Logs: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/stairway/73776/

• Register for the Microsoft Virtual Academy. Pay special attention to:
o Database Fundamentals: https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/database-fundamentals-8243
o Updating your Skillset to SQL 2014: https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/updating-your-database-management-skills-to-sql-server-2014-8313?l=S3j693Yy_704984382