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Culture

• Silicon valley is a hall of mirrors – The whole idea of meritocracy in Silicon Valley is seen as a bit of a joke, and this column further meditates on the idea.  Living there I can attest that though I love it, there’s definite tunnel vision of people promoting people like them.

Economics

• The Oil crash shows vulnerabilities in Texas (an other economies) – I’ve been skeptical about the Texas miracle, and this column lays out the flaws in that statement.  For TLDR, Texas was propped up by oil, a regressive tax plan meant less services (and gravel roads), and it’s not looking good.  As Texas has hopes for being a tech hub, I’d say those hopes are now in danger.

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

Career

• Five things you worry about on your resume that people doing the hiring don’t – Some good advice here.  I’d especially call out that a fancy resume doesn’t work unless fancy is part of the job, and I reguarly use a 3 page resume and no one cares.

Economics

• Bitcoin was a terrible investment in 2014 – Just so you know.

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.