Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Dice Tech Salary Survey: Which Tech Skills Pay the Most?
As Dice’s latest Tech Salary Survey makes clear, learning highly specialized skills can translate into significant salary bumps for technologists. Anyone plotting their career progression through… -
DeepMind Shows How A.I. Can Impact Software Development
If you’re a software developer, should you fear an A.I. system eventually taking your job? DeepMind, an Alphabet subsidiary devoted to A.I., recently announced an A.I. system named AlphaCode that… -
Amazon Remains Technology Company on the Biggest Hiring Binge
Amazon remained the nation’s top tech employer over the past 60 days, according to new data from Emsi Burning Glass, which collects and analyzes millions of job postings from across the country.… -
Dice Tech Salary Report: Which Metro Areas Offer the Highest Salaries?
As with previous annual editions of Dice’s Tech Salary Report, both well-established tech hubs such as Seattle and Silicon Valley and up-and-coming cities such as Austin and Atlanta enjoyed signi… -
Has the Video Game Industry Embraced Diversity and Inclusion?
Over the past few years, companies throughout the tech industry have devoted more resources to promoting workforce diversity and inclusion. Have game studios put the same focus on a more diverse… -
Sony's Bungie Acquisition Will Fuel Designer, Engineer Hiring Spree
Microsoft’s recent acquisition of Blizzard Activision (for an eye-popping $68.7 billion) has potentially kicked off a wave of consolidation within the video-game industry: Now Sony has announced… -
Meta Launches Internal, External Hiring Spree for Virtual Reality
Meta (formerly Facebook) is very serious about dominating a future “metaverse” of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) experiences, to the point where thousands of employees are being… -
Dice Tech Salary Report: How Experience Impacts Bigger Paychecks
It paid to be a technologist entering the tech industry in 2020 and 2021, according to the just-released Dice Tech Salary Report. As many businesses adjusted their budgets to accommodate the abru… -
Apple, Soaring Off Big Revenues, Needs Technologists with These Skills
Last week, Apple announced the results of yet another financially successful quarter, with revenues of $123.9 billiondriven by the iPhone 13, cloud-based services, the Mac, and other products. As… -
Which Game Platforms Interest Developers the Most for Future Games?
What game platforms interest developers right now? That’s a crucial question: Devoting immense time and resources to building a game for an unpopular platform can potentially sink a game studio (…