xxxiv, 470 pages : 24 cm This guide offers advice to technology professionals and developers on subjects of career and productivity, personal finance and investing, and fitness and relationships. It will help you become a better programmer, a more valuable employee, and a happier, healthier person Includes index Career. Getting started with a "bang!": don't do what everyone else does -- Thinking about the future: What are your goals? -- People sills: you need them more than you think -- Hacking the interview -- Employment options: enumerate your choices -- What kind of software developer are you? -- Not all companies are equal -- Climbing the corporate ladder -- Being a professional -- Freedom: how to quit your job -- Freelancing: going out on your own -- Creating your first product -- Do you want to start a startup? -- Working remotely survival strategies -- Fake it till you make it -- Resumes are BORING- Let's fix that -- Don't get religious about technology -- Marketing yourself. Marketing basics for code monkeys -- Building a brand that gets you noticed -- Creating a wildly successful blog -- Your primary goal: add value to others -- #UsingSocialNetworks -- Speaking, presenting, and training: speak geek -- Writing books and articles that attract a following -- Don't be afraid to look like an idiot -- Learning. Learning how to learn: how to teach yourself -- My 10-step process -- Steps 1-6: do these once -- Steps 7-10: repeat these -- Looking for mentors: finding your Yoda -- Teaching: learn you want? teach you must -- Do you need a degree or can you "wing it"? -- Finding gaps in your knowledge -- Productivity. It all starts with focus -- My personal productivity plan -- Pomodoro technique -- My quota system: how I get way more done than I should -- Holding yourself accountable -- Multitasking dos and don'ts -- Burnout: I've got the cure! -- How you're wasting your time -- The importance of having a routine -- Developing habits: brushing your code -- Breaking things down: how to eat an elephant -- The value of hard work and why you keep avoiding it -- Any action is better than no action -- Financial. What are you going to do with your paycheck? -- How to negotiate your salary -- Options: where all the fun is -- Bits and bytes of real estate investing -- Do you really understand your retirement plan? -- The danger of debt: SSDs are expensive -- Bonus: how I retired at 33 -- Fitness. Why you need to hack your health -- Setting your fitness criteria -- Thermodynamics, calories, and you -- Motivation: getting your butt out of the chair -- How to gain muscle: nerds can have bulging biceps -- How to get hash-table abs -- Starting RunningProgram.exe -- Standing desks and other hacks -- Tech gear for fitness: geeking out -- Spirit. How the mind influences the body -- Having the right mental attitude: rebooting -- Building a positive self-image: programming your brain -- Love and relationships: computers can't hold your hand -- My personal success book list -- Facing failure head-on -- Parting words