Articles by Nate Swanner
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Data Shows There's a Good Chance You're Leaving Your Job Soon
As the curtain closes on 2018, you might think your job is safe into 2019 and beyond. But a lot of you are nervous, and with good reason: It's 'termination season,' when contracts expire and empl… -
Survey Results: Open-Source Repo Managers Should Get Paid
We asked, you answered: Yes, developers should be paid for open-source repositories they maintain. Last week, we asked you whether open-source repository maintainers should be compensated for the… -
'Algorithm' May be Tech’s Newest Dirty Word (and Humans are to Blame)
An algorithm is meant to perform routine, code-based tasks without human interaction. In theory, this automation is supposed to make life easier. But it also comes with a dark side. The most rece… -
Have Online Learning Platforms Missed the Mark?
A few years ago, it seemed as if upstart online learning portals were about to reshape how we learned. Now it seems they’re missing the mark entirely. Commonly referred to as MOOCs, or ‘Massive O… -
Need to Compare Job Offers? Check This Site First
If you’re ever in the enviable position of entertaining multiple job offers from big tech companies, choosing the right one can be tough. We’ve discovered one website that can help you make sense… -
Remote Work Leads to Happier, More Productive Employees: Study
A new study shows those who are able to take advantage of a remote work environment are happier and more productive, and it’s leading to far less turnover. Owl Labs’ most recent study, "The Globa… -
Students Aren't Learning Code & Frameworks Employers Need
A new study highlights how students are learning to code, and a lot of it is done on the job after graduation. HackerRank recently completed its annual student developer survey, and there are som… -
GitHub Takes Aim at Stack Overflow & Twitter with Spectrum Acquisition
GitHub is where developers go to work on open-source projects, but it doesn’t have a good forum for open dialogue. With its most recent acquisition of Spectrum, we could see a hard GitHub push in… -
Remote Work is Best in These Ten Cities: Study
Remote work is amazing. While some employees are better at it than others, working from home is a benefit more employers are offering. But are some cities better than others for the remote-workin… -
Microsoft Edge is Going Chromium, and Mozilla is Not Happy
In an edgy blog post (pun intended), Mozilla CEO Chris Beard says Microsoft giving up on its own rendering engine for the Edge browser is a big mistake. Writing that “Microsoft is officially givi…