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Benjamin Schachter
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Sep 26, 2018

What I learned from failure and why I love it

“Failure free operations require continuous experience with failure” — How Complex Systems Fail I’m currently looking for my next role. If you think I’d be a great fit in your engineering department, reach out. tl;dr Getting fired isn’t easy, searching for a job isn’t fun, breaking up hurts, being told no…

JavaScript

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What I learned from failure and why I love it
What I learned from failure and why I love it
JavaScript

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·Jan 28, 2018

Here’s what I’ve learned nine months into my software engineering job

I’ve been working for about nine months at Dexter as a software developer. I wrote a blog post about landing the job initially, as well as a technical post about a self positioning component I made in my first couple of months at the company. Getting a job was my…

Programming

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Here’s what I’ve learned nine months into my software engineering job
Here’s what I’ve learned nine months into my software engineering job
Programming

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·Aug 23, 2017

Self Positioning React Components

A big thanks to Dexter engineering specifically Daniel Ilkovich and David Hu for letting me share this code and all of their help and support while building the user tutorial feature on our site. While React has ways to break the hatch and directly manipulate the DOM there are very…

JavaScript

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Self Positioning React Components
Self Positioning React Components
JavaScript

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·Jul 22, 2017

How I got my first development job, and what I’m going to do next

Breaking into a new industry or role is difficult. Learning a new set of skills and getting a job using them is just that, difficult. You could even say it’s O(n)² difficult. Now try competing for that same role in a market saturated with other folks in your same shoes…

Web Development

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How I got my first development job, and what I’m going to do next
How I got my first development job, and what I’m going to do next
Web Development

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Mar 12, 2017

FCC LeaderBoard and Understanding State

React forces you to think about data differently in general. I’ve made a couple of different small projects, but now it’s starting to click. I’m starting to understand how state works and what the advantages are to using it. Additionally Reacts lifecycle components further let you control your data and…

JavaScript

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JavaScript

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Dec 12, 2016

The billionth blog post on call, bind and apply in javascript

Yeah, this shit again. Javascript, you weirdo. What’s going on here? It’s taken me quite a bit of time to really understand the topic. This and this are both great blog posts relating to the subject. You Don’t Know JS by Kyle has really beaten the concept into my thick…

JavaScript

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JavaScript

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Nov 2, 2016

Coursera Angular.js Week 1

Hi There! I’m writing this partially to promote Coursera’s Angular 1.5.X course but really this more of a log to further cement what I’ve learned (and show it off a little too :D). Before I start, I’d highly recommend learning how to learn (which is also on Coursera). If there’s…

JavaScript

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JavaScript

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Nov 2, 2016

Picking up Angular 1.5.x

I guess the first question I usually get is why Angular 1? Isn’t that so 2015? What about Angular 2 and React? They’re super cool, right? Yes, they are! No doubts about it. The reason I’m learning Angular 1 is simply for two reasons. 1. that’s where all of the…

JavaScript

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JavaScript

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