Articles by Nate Swanner
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Security Analyst, App Developer Most In-Demand Jobs for Degree Holders
The path to a Bachelor’s degree is often the foundation for a career after college, and knowing which degree will actually land jobs can be tough. A new study from SmartAsset shows which are your… -
CSS is Getting Trigonometry Functions to Help Web Devs Avoid JavaScript
CSS, the language that helps websites become so cumbersome (Joke! Kinda!), is learning some new tricks. Soon, web developers will be able to use it to perform simple math functions. Simple may be… -
Here Are The Main Reasons Tech Pros Will Quit Their Jobs in 2019
Ready to quit your job in 2019? You’re not alone. Plenty of tech pros are looking to find a new job with a new employer, and have clear reasons for why they're jumping ship. No big surprise: Most… -
The Augmented Reality Future We Want May Never Arrive
Augmented reality (AR) is kind of the chimera of tech. Big companies such as Apple and Google have software platforms dedicated to AR, but we’re still waiting on discreet headwear to make the tec… -
Ruby Programming Jobs in Serious Decline: Dice Data
What happened to Ruby? Once the darling of the web, the easy-to-learn language seems to have fallen out of favor. The number of Ruby jobs is in a nosedive. The last time we really discussed Ruby… -
Bug Bounty Program Made One Teen a Millionaire Hacker
One white-hat hacker from Argentina has become the first known bug bounty millionaire. Santiago Lopez (who has the apt Twitter handle @try_to_hack) began hacking in 2015. Inspired by the movie "H… -
Apple CEO Reminds Us Tech Degrees Aren’t Delivering Necessary Skills
Apple CEO Tim Apple Tim Cook has a reminder for us: Tech degrees might be a waste of time. At the most recent American Workforce Policy Advisory Board Meeting, Cook noted about half of Apple empl… -
Amazon Kills Dash Button, Showing IoT Weakness
The Amazon Dash Button, launched in 2015, was a programmable Internet of Things (IoT) button you could place anywhere in the home to re-order products. And now they’re useless. In a statement, Am… -
Nintendo Switch Kickstarts VR With New Labo Kit (But Should Devs Care?)
The Nintendo Switch is a fun console with massive third-party support. Nintendo's newly released virtual reality (VR) Labo kit may get developers even more excited. Labo is Nintendo’s DIY platfor… -
Swift Has a Huge Gaming Problem, But Study Shows It’s Widely Used
Swift, the language developed at Apple and released in 2014, is nearing version 5 – and a level of settled-in maturity expected for a language that has the ability to work across platforms. But h…