Articles by Nate Swanner

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  DigitalOcean Launches ‘Marketplace’ for Crowdsourced, Cloud-Based CI/CD

  Cloud hosting platform DigitalOcean is going beyond cloud hosting and Kubernetes. With Marketplace, the company is launching its first service that allows outside vendors to participate in its so…
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  Recruiting Tech Pros Over 50? You'll Pay for Experience.

  For tech pros over 50 (and the recruiters who work with them), 2019 might prove a pivotal year. The average tech salary has continued its plateau, having remained effectively unchanged since 2015…
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  5 Tips for Taking Over a Large, Unruly Codebase

  If you’re a developer or engineer, you likely know that taking over a large codebase is nightmare fuel. Instead of suffering with angst over such a massive task, here are a few tips to help you n…
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  Burnout Might Happen Because Your Boss Doesn’t Know Your True Value

  Burnout is real, and there are several reasons why it happens. Sometimes it’s the job itself; sometimes it’s the hours worked. But maybe there’s a different reason altogether, and it really has n…
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  Salary Breakdown: Comparing Income & Cost of Living for Top Metro Areas

  Salary isn’t everything. When it comes to tech jobs, the median salary is starting to level off, and some employers are boosting their perks and benefits packages rather than paying out additiona…
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  It’s Official: Tech Pros Hate Recruiter Cold Calls the Most

  Last week, we asked what annoyed you most about how recruiters reached out about jobs. An overwhelming number of you responded, and it’s official: tech pros hate cold calls. Around 32 percent of…
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  Microsoft HoloLens 2 Pumps the Augmented Reality Brakes for Everyone

  At the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last weekend, Microsoft unveiled its HoloLens 2 augmented reality (AR) headset. It’s still big and expensive, compared to the first version. It’s…
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  Swift Was Almost Named ‘Shiny,’ Ditched Objective-C for Memory Safety

  Apple’s self-started programming language, Swift, was originally named ‘Shiny.’ No, really. This isn’t a rumor, either. On the Swift Community Podcast, Shiny Swift’s founder Chris Lattner discuss…
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  Java 12: 64-Bit Focus, Adds Experimental Garbage Collector

  Java 12, currently set for release March 19, will have some interesting new features, including a narrower view on 64-bit ARM development. Specifically, Java 12 will have a single AArch64 port. T…
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  Top 10 Cities for Tech Salaries, Along with Cost of Living

  While our 2019 Dice Salary Survey shows an overall trend of plateauing tech pro salaries nationwide, we see variations amongst metro areas. And some cities offer average annual income levels far…