Articles by Nate Swanner
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Women Learning to Code Earlier in Life, Picking Up Critical Languages
According to a new study from HackerRank, women are learning to code earlier in life than previous generations. They're also focusing on languages employers want. Some 55.71 percent of women over… -
Cloud Now Houses Most ’Mission Critical’ Apps: Study
The cloud causes consternation for many tech pros, especially when it comes to running apps critical to a company’s performance. While the logical ‘safe’ bet is to house and run those apps and se… -
Survey: What Is Apple's Biggest Problem Right Now?
In the wake of the latest Apple event, we at Dice had one firm takeaway: There wasn't much offered onstage for developers. That was a sentiment shared across the Web. With WWDC just around the co… -
These Are the Perks Companies Offer H-1B Visa Hires
As H-1B application processing opens for 2020 this week, you might wonder why foreign-born workers want to come stateside. As it turns out, the allure of citizenship is not the only reason H-1B c… -
The Facebook Effect: What Should You Do If Your Company is Sort of Evil?
It’s definitely Facebook. And Google, more or less. And now sort-of-kind-of Salesforce. The questionable practices of many tech firms are increasingly coming to light. Should you work for a compa… -
IBM Faces New Age Discrimination Lawsuit for Targeting ‘Gray Hairs’
In a lawsuit filed by four former employees, IBM is again accused of age discrimination for firing older employees and refreshing its workforce with “early professionals.” The employees are suing… -
Pay Gap Narrowing in Tech, Black Women Most Affected: Study
The gender pay gap in tech is now at three percent, according to a new study from Hired. In 2017 and 2018, Hired reports, the gap was four percent for tech pros, suggesting that movements to elim… -
Most People Hate Open Offices, More Want to Work From Home: Study
Open offices are terrible. This isn’t news, or even a modern curiosity. What we didn’t know is just how much everyone hates the open office concept, or how many people want to work from home. In… -
Do WeWork’s Troubles Signal Co-Working Spaces Are a Bubble?
WeWork isn’t a publicly traded company (yet). It doesn’t have to release full earnings statements, but because it issues bonds, it has to be at least slightly open about its revenue and expenditu… -
Swift 5 Released with ABI Stability, Reducing App Size Across Platforms
Swift 5, as expected, has been released ahead of WWDC 2019. Calling it a “major milestone in the evolution of the language,” Swift leader Ted Kremenek writes that the Swift runtime is now include…