For the lucky few in Seattle

[Yombi]

Mobliss, Valve, Gas Powered Games, Sony Online Entertainment, Time Warner Interactive, Monolith Productions, Mary-argaret.com, Konami Digital Entertainment - America, Zango Games, Oberon-Media are just some of the game companies participating in the "Seattle
Video Game Industry Job Conference and Resume Workshop" that takes place in the Seattle suburb of Shoreline, Washington on February 12, 2005 at the Shoreline Center. A number of companies are actively recruiting and looking for new talent at the conference.

The event is designed for artists, programmers, writers, musicians, designers and others looking to get into the computer and video game business. Students and professionals looking to get into the computer and video game business will have the opportunity to speak with industry insiders, hiring managers and
participate in an engaging resume workshop.

No idea who's going to be there from valve but if any of you lucky buggars are in Seattle and interested, pop in for the rest of us (Don't forget yourselfs ofcourse).

http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=296981

EDIT: Just looked at the Speakers list for the conference and in true VALVe style it says "Speaker to be Announced". lol