Okay, if you're going to the 717, let's just go ahead and get you squared away first, this is what training is going to be like for you...
A) Your airplane is smart,
B) You get a simulator thing to play with,
C) Your LOD has pictures, and
D) Your procedures are simple.
Just be quiet. Read all your books cover to cover, highlight them, it won't take you long. Practice and practice on the VFD. You're golden. Walk a mile and it's going to look like you walked 10.
Now to the MD-88 guys....
Walk 10 miles and it's going to look like you haven't gotten out of bed.