At SCALE, in spite of having a lot of content for developers and sysadmins, we've always had a soft spot in our collective hearts for the newbie. Sadly, we've not been able to muster a lot of material oriented towards the raw beginner in Linux and Open Source.
There have always been employment opportunities arising from a visit to the Southern California Linux Expo. In recent years a number of companies have had booths at SCALE, actively recruiting for new employees.
Employment opportunities in IT have been rising steadily the last year. So SCALE10X will have an unprecedented number of companies looking for your resume. Here's an almost complete list of those firms looking to hire you at SCALE:
Open Source software is alive and well. However, if you asked a member of a PC Club (ie Windows) about Linux, he or she might or might not know about it. Even if they did and were interested, they'd probably have no idea how to get started with it
The SCALE team has started ramping up towards SCALE 2012 next January. SCALE 10X (January 20-22) will be the tenth anniversary of the Linux Expo, and we hope to make it a special one! SCALE started 10 years ago with a single day event at USC with two tracks and 400 attendees. Considering that SCALE 10X will be a three day event, with as many as a half-dozen tracks and possibly as many as 2,500 attendees, it's clear that Open Source software is alive and thriving in Southern California! Even though the CFP has only been open for 10 days, we've already had a strong response.
