"Get a Job and Make a Career in Linux and Open Source"

Ross Brunson
Director of Member Services
Linux Professional Institute (LPI)
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The increasing opportunity in the IT Workforce for making a career out of focusing on Linux and Open Source has never been more attractive, or critical in its need for qualified and experienced System Administrators. The path for students, career-changers and IT
workers who want a career in Open Source is often difficult to understand and navigate, but the rewards are many if they do.

This presentation will describe how Linux and other Open Source technologies have clearly moved beyond the "Early Adopters" to the "Early Majority" phase, leading to increased demand for IT professionals. This coming "Wave" of demand for skilled Linux and Open Source professionals is already causing a rise in pay, benefits and career opportunities for qualified candidates. Because the Open Source community has a different set of rules and requires a foundational knowledge of not just "how" but "WHY", many who seek to enter this career field experience difficulties.

This informative and inspiring session will help de-mystify this environment, show concrete examples of how to engage, get involved and begin to both provide value and experience the benefits of this massive and exciting area of employment. Included is a step-by-step process of how anyone with the right motivation and access to skills-development can get a job and make a career in the Open Source Workforce.