Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Is Bitcoin Price Surge Leading to More Blockchain-Related Tech Jobs?
With the price of Bitcoin skyrocketing, technologists are no doubt wondering whether there’s increased demand for jobs that involve blockchain, the technology that forms the foundation of modern… -
Coinbase Engineer Pay Shows the Perks of a High Stock Price
Earlier this month, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase went public. As pretty much everyone on Wall Street expected, the stock (listed on Nasdaq) shot up on its first day, reaching as high as $429.… -
Technologists Feeling Anxious About Heading Back to the Office
For the past few months, as the country’s COVID-19 vaccination rate has slowly risen, businesses everywhere have planned how and when to reintroduce technologists to the office. Many of these com… -
Companies' Visa Plans Unchanged Despite Rise of Remote Work
The rise of remote work won’t impact many companies’ decisions around sponsoring more foreign nationals for employment, according to a new study by Envoy Global, a global immigration services pro… -
Can Austin Beat Silicon Valley as the City for Thriving Tech Careers?
Austin has surpassed Silicon Valley as a city with a thriving tech environment, according to a new survey from Blind, which anonymously queries technologists about a range of issues. Some 92 perc… -
Weekend Roundup: Microsoft's Big Acquisition, Blue Origin Aims High
Quite a week, huh? Before you close your browser and do something other than work, let’s take a quick look at some of the week’s tech stories, including Microsoft’s huge new, healthcare-focused a… -
Salesforce and Microsoft Product Managers: How Much Do They Earn?
Product managers at Microsoft and Salesforce have a particularly daunting job: Not only must they handle all the critical responsibilities of the role, including keeping production on-track, but… -
What Elon Musk Pays Software Engineers at SpaceX, Tesla
Many technologists have expressed a desire to work at either Tesla or SpaceX, both run by Elon Musk. Given that general interest, it’s worth exploring how much these companies pay entry-level sof… -
Top 10 Technology Jobs That Want Machine Learning Skills
If you’re totally new to artificial intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning, you might be wondering which technology jobs demand these skills. Some roles (particularly data scientist) are increa… -
Adding Soft Skills to Your Tech Résumé is Key to Success
If you’ve ever written a résumé, you know it’s vitally important to list your technical skills—and to make sure those skills align with what’s presented in the original job description. But what…