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    Best of 2018
    Best of 2018
    Best of 2018
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    Best of 2018

    By Gunner Technology

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    Gunner Technology highlights their favorite chapters from their 2018 book series. From the future of JavaScript to the future of the technology industry as a whole, from keeping clients happy to how to succeed in a career in technology, Gunner Technology covers it all.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGunner Technology
    Release dateMar 5, 2019
    ISBN9780463261187
    Best of 2018
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    Gunner Technology

    An AWS Partner specializing in JavaScript development for government and business.

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      Best of 2018 - Gunner Technology

      1 A Day in the Life of a Software Developer

      Puzzle

      Puzzles/Problems

      What is it like to be a software developer?

      The best analogy we could come up with is doing a jigsaw puzzle.

      A lot of technology work is problem solving. You’re basically doing mini-puzzles all the time.

      Just like looking for the right piece for an empty square, a lot of your time as a developer is spent looking for the right solution to your current problem.

      You’ll be doing tons of research (more on that later) and writing/throwing away tons of code. Constant experimentation, searching for a solution: that’s what software development is all about.

      And your brain spends a lot of time thinking about solutions, both consciously and unconsciously. You’ll never stop thinking about an issue until it’s done.

      Even when you’re not actively involved in the problem, your brain will be working on it. Often, hours or sometimes even days later, you’ll have a flash of insight and immediately see the solution to the issue.

      And sometimes it’ll even be hard to sleep. (Although that might be an effect of the massive amounts of caffeine you’ll be consuming, but more on that later.)

      You might wake up in the middle of the night, run to the computer, and finish in an hour what you’d spent the previous couple days trying to figure out.

      With that much cognitive effort, there’s one thing that makes someone really good at software development (or jigsaw puzzles for that matter).

      And it’s not intelligence.

      It’s stubbornness.

      Software problems take time. Often it’s an hour of planning, ninety minutes of research, half an hour of implementation, and two hours of testing.

      It’s a huge effort, but you’ve got to have the willpower to power through every single one of those steps.

      And often, you’ll be working on something you’ve never done before. You’ll be in unfamiliar territory, breaking new ground, and it can get pretty frustrating.

      But the good news is, you start recognizing patterns and learn to work in

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