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The Geography of a Recession

Here’s some good data visualization of the recent unemployment rate per county in the US:

That’s what a “jobless recovery” looks like. My prediction: it’s going to get much, much worse.

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Plugging a Family Friend

A family friend recently moved to Utah so his wife could attend BYU.  He’s looking for work and has experience coding in C and Python.  If you know of any opportunities, would you please let me know?

Working at Overstock

Today was my first day of work in the marketing division of online retail giant Overstock. For the curious, my official title is “Product Manager / Business Analyst”, not that it necessarily helps you (or me) understand what I do. :)

Although I have a hard time showing it, I’m really pretty excited –much more that I thought I would be. The daily commute from Orem stinks, but starting Monday I’ll be carpooling, so I should be able to turn at least some of that sucky traffic time into quality reading time; and if today was any indication, it looks like I’ll be learning a lot on the job as well.

I’m excited because it’s looking like I’ll be able to use a wide variety of my skill sets. From business analysis, to tech, to internet marketing –I saw it all today. Very nice. Fun too…