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March 2, 2009 - 12:24 P.M.
Need a new tech job? Learn Linux
* TAGS:development, Education, hiring, human resources, job, Linux,
Linux Foundation, open source
* IT TOPICS:Careers, Development, Linux, Open Source, Operating
Systems, Software
I grew up dirt-poor in the middle of West Virginia on my grandparents'
stories of the Great Depression. We're not even close to being that bad
yet. But, when it's you without a job, when you're not able to draw a
paycheck, that's cold comfort. One ray of light in this misery economy
though is that there are still some Linux jobs.
So it is that the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated
to Linux's growth, has announced the Linux Foundation Training Program.
According to the Foundation's press release, "It will kick off with
courses taught at the Linux Foundation's Annual Collaboration Summit
April 8 - 10, 2009 in San Francisco."
The Foundation explains that with the Linux server market predicted "to
reach $50 billion dollars in three years, and the embedded and mobile
Linux markets continue to explode," it's a good time to move your career
to Linux and open source. Citing the freelance marketplace Odesk, the
Foundations reports that the number of Linux-related jobs posted on its
boards has increased more than 1400% since 2006.
Read More...
http://blogs.computerworld.com/need_a_new_tech_job_learn_linux
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