Weekly Roundup: Top 5 Career and Tech Hiring Tips -- December 19, 2014

Welcome to CyberCoders' Weekly Roundup! Every week, we handpick the top five stories from around the web that offer great insight into hiring in the tech industry. 

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1. 10 Best States for Computer Programming [Business Insider]

Virginia, Maryland and Washington top the list of the best states for computer programming, according to tech networking platform Experts Exchange. The company compiled and analyzed data from a popular job search engine.

2. This Hugely Successful But Humble CEO Has Found A Cure For 'Impostor Syndrome' [Business Insider]

Ever feel like you're just not good enough? No matter how many accolades or wins you get, it can often be hard to shake the feeling that you "just got lucky." Here's advice from a wildly successful CEO who openly points out just how common and natural this feeling is.

His advice: "The only real cure for Impostor Syndrome," he tells us, "is talking about it."

3. The Lesson of the Sony Hack: We Should All Jump to the 'Erasable Internet' [NYT Blog]

News of Sony's Hack, has everyone questioning the privacy and security of the general Internet. This NYT op-ed offers a compelling prediction of the 'erasable Internet.'

"The Snapchat Internet is now being built. A range of start-ups across the world, including Snapchat itself, are working to create communications systems that are not based on saving as a default," Farhad Majoo writes.

4. Skype Translator is the Most Futuristic Thing I've Used [Ars Technica]

Peter Bright walks us through the new, futuristic Skype translator:  "It's like science fiction has come to life."

"I don't speak a word of Spanish—I took German at school instead—but with Skype Translator I was able to have a spoken conversation with a Spanish speaker as if I were in an episode of Star Trek(as long as that episode isn't Darmok, amirite?). I spoke English. A moment later, an English language transcription would appear, along with a Spanish translation. Then a Spanish voice would read that translation," he writes.

5. These Dreamers Are Actually Making Progress on Elon's Hyperloop [WIRED]

"Fortunately for futurists and people who enjoy picking apart complicated plans, an El Segundo, California-based startup has taken Musk up on his challenge to develop and build the Hyperloop," WIRED reports.

The startup is JumpStartFund. This article offers an awesome breakdown for those of you who love to geek out on futuristic transportation.