Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Top 10 Remote Tech Jobs: Software Developer, User Support, More
A relatively short time ago, it would have been impossible to do many tech jobs on an all-remote basis—you would’ve needed too much computing power to crunch data, analyze networks, and more. But… -
What Do Software Developers Want Out of Their Next Job?
The so-called “Great Resignation” has generated headlines for months. Across the country, millions of workers are quitting their jobs, often because they’re interested in exploring new opportunit… -
Bill Gates Thinks Your Meetings Will Take Place in Virtual Reality (VR)
Bill Gates thinks you’ll eventually take a lot of your business meetings in virtual reality (VR). In his Year in Review posting on his GatesNotes website, Gates suggested that the quality of VR w… -
Silicon Valley, Other Tech Hubs Have Bounced Back from Pandemic
Throughout the pandemic, pundits and analysts questioned whether technologists would migrate away from the country’s most expensive tech hubs. On paper, the idea certainly made sense: If remote w… -
What Do Developers Find Most Appealing About an Employer?
The low tech unemployment rate, combined with organizations’ constant hunger for technologists skilled in everything from the cloud to cybersecurity and app-building, means that hiring managers a… -
Which Industries are Hiring the Most A.I. Technology Specialists?
While artificial intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning might seem like relatively niche subindustries at first glance, they’re rapidly approaching the mainstream. Organizations everywhere want… -
Healthcare, Consultancies Dominated November's Tech Hiring
Which employers were hungriest for technologists in November? According to a new breakdown by CompTIA, the giants of finance, consulting, and education were all on the hunt for skilled technologi… -
30 Tech Skills That Tesla, SpaceX Want from Job Candidates
Tesla and SpaceX are constantly in the news, for reasons positive and negative. What’s undeniable is that both companies are doing incredible work in the arenas of electric cars and spaceflight,… -
TIOBE Rankings Suggest Swift Finally Pulling Away from Objective-C
When Apple unveiled Swift in 2014, the company made it clear that it wanted the programming language to eventually replace Objective-C, which developers had used for thirty years to build apps an… -
Tech Unemployment Rate Hits 2.6 Percent, a Slight Increase
The tech unemployment rate hit 2.6 percent in November, a slight rise from 2.1 percent in October, according to a new analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data by CompTIA. “Tech empl…