Articles by Nate Swanner
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Weekend Roundup: Foldin’ Money, Foldin’ Phones, and Fake Unicorns
We hope you’re in the middle of a very long, well-deserved weekend. It was a short week for most, but that doesn’t mean a shortage of tech news! Here’s everything you may have missed while arguin… -
Should Senior Developers Refuse Interview Coding Challenges?
Whether on a whiteboard, a timed challenge at the office, or a take-home project, many senior-level developers and engineers are asking themselves if coding challenges are still something they sh… -
Poor Training, Lack of Skills Leave Older Workers Behind: Study
A new study from Docebo suggests professionals across the world want to learn skills to help them at work... but the training just isn’t there. Baby Boomers are most affected: 40 percent of older… -
DOE Makes It Easier for Predatory For-Profit Coding Schools to Dupe Students
Department of Education (DOE) Secretary Betsy DeVos is making a critical rule change that will allow for-profit schools and career certification providers to prey on unwitting students. It could… -
Behold! The Best F^($!%& SwiftUI Cheat Sheet Yet
SwiftUI is still in beta, but has commanded the mindset of Apple platform developers since it landed at WWDC 2019. It’s a fun new paradigm for iOS and macOS developers, and we’ve discovered the b… -
Weekend Roundup: Going With ARM, Getting Lost, and Being Found
It was a pretty quiet week in tech (aside from Jony Ive deciding to leave Apple), which is great in some ways, but we’d love to have too much to talk about. There were a few cool standouts, thoug… -
Tech Workers Seem Unconcerned About Gender Pay Gap
In a recent study, Beqom found the gender pay gap is alive and well… but many employees don’t consider it a critical issue. That doesn't mean recruiters and hiring managers should ignore the issu… -
Survey Results: Tech Professionals Want Pay, Not Perks
Last week, we asked you if better (and more) benefits were more enticing than a pay increase. You’ve spoken, and the results are clear: You want more cash. By a margin of 4:1, tech professionals… -
Millennials, Tech Employees Least Concerned With Gender Pay Gap: Study
In a recent study, Beqom found the gender pay gap is alive and well... but many employees don’t consider it a critical issue. As you might expect, more women than men are aware of the gender pay… -
Most Tech Professionals Don’t Think Advanced Degrees Matter: Study
Some 31 percent of tech professionals say they could do their current job without their degree, according to new findings from Hired. Respondents were asked if the master’s or doctorate they hold…