[Beowulf] teaching linux/hpc?

[Michael Di Domenico]

if you were going to teach a unix/shell scripting/perl/c
programming/etc which might reach hpc at it's crescendo, how would you
answer these questions?

Can you tell us what the audience would be?
Specifically what business/industry would utilize these?

I was asked these questions and found myself unsure of how to answer.
I know how to answer them if i were talking to someone in/near the
computing industry.  But what kind of answer would you give someone
who has very little knowledge outside of the windows/office world?