Articles by Nate Swanner
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Handling an ‘Exploding’ Job Offer the Right Way
‘Exploding’ job offers (i.e., those that expire in a set amount of time) are popular in tech. A recruiter or hiring manager sends you a job offer and tells you there’s a deadline to accept (typic… -
Python Still Swallowing R, Groovy Blasts Into Top 20: TIOBE
The TIOBE Index for July is out, and there’s not much movement at the top of the leaderboard. Python has usurped C++ for third place, which is actually impressive; plus, it ate or slithered past… -
Time to Learn Flutter, or Stick to Native Development?
After spending 2018 in the incubator, Google has fledged Flutter as a cross-platform framework for every screen we use. But should developers adopt it, or stick to native app and web development?… -
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…