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Life as a tech professional ain’t easy… we know because y'all wrote to tell us! Among the top issues were keeping up with the onslaught of new technology and maintaining work-life balance. But have no fear, because we are here to help! 🙂
In this issue of Hacker Bits, we chat with John Sonmez on how tech professionals can become better at their jobs and lead rich, fulfilled lives.
Hint: The trick is learning to learn.
If you’ve gone on the job interview loop lately, chances are you’ve caught a glimpse of the industry’s fickle hiring practices. Dan Luu’s well-researched piece reveals how some companies are hiring irrationally by focusing only on particular candidates.
And as always, we have a line-up of all the essential tech articles you should be reading, including the lowdown on writing and organizing good code, and what you can expect from state of the art JavaScript in 2016.
So dig in and enjoy another meaty issue of Hacker Bits!
Happy learning!
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In this month's issue, you'll read about:
Feature
Programming
- State of the art JavaScript in 2016, Francois Ward
- Kill your dependencies, Mike Perham
- Writing good code: How to reduce the cognitive load of your code, Christian Mackeprang
- Four strategies for organizing code, Martin Sandin
Interesting
- Trackers, Jacques Mattheij
- My biggest regret as a programmer, Andrew Wulf
- I tried to virtually stalk Mark Zuckerberg, Alex Kras
Opinion
- Why I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS, Henrik Joreteg
- On asking job candidates to code, Phil Calçado
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