Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Department of Labor Wants Your Input on H-1B Wage Levels
The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking the public’s help on determining H-1B wage levels. This is the latest sign that the Biden administration doesn’t intend to abandon a Trump-era proposal to… -
Facebook, Other Tech Giants Accelerating Back-to-Office Plans
Some of tech’s largest companies seem to be accelerating their back-to-office plans, including Facebook and Uber. Facebook plans on welcoming 10 percent of its employees back to its California he… -
In Talent Battle with Walmart Labs, Amazon Has One Big Advantage
Amazon and Walmart are locked in a war to determine the future of commerce. Walmart is the largest employer in U.S., with Amazon coming in second. And although Amazon is widely perceived as domin… -
Another Google AI Researcher Quits, Deepening Unit's Talent Crisis
The shakeup within Google’s artificial intelligence (A.I.) division continues, with researcher (and renowned computer scientist) Samy Bengio announcing his resignation. His decision to step down… -
What Does the Average Coding Bootcamp Cost Today?
Did more technologists attend bootcamps in 2020? Which employers recruited the most bootcamp graduates for jobs? Those are two vital questions (among many others) that the latest edition of Caree… -
What Do Product Designers Earn at Google and Facebook?
Product designers have a big job. They must identify what users want, then use a variety of design-related skills (such as UI and UX) to deliver on that desire. Depending on the company and produ… -
Objective-C Tumbles Down TIOBE Rankings. Is It Finally Fading?
When Apple released Swift in 2014, it might have bet that developers would quickly adopt the new programming language for building iOS and macOS apps—and just as quickly abandon Objective-C, the… -
Would You Quit Rather Than Go Back to the Office?
With the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination rate on the rise and companies figuring how to best open back up, technologists everywhere are steeling themselves for yet another readjustment: Having spen… -
Python Luminary Pablo Galindo Talks Programming Language's Future
Pablo Galindo, a Bloomberg software engineer and Python core developer, was elected in December 2020 as one of the five members of the 2021 Python Steering Council, which is charged with maintain… -
Google CEO Sundar Pichai Has Some Good Meeting Advice for You
It’s comforting to know that even the CEO of a tech giant is still learning a few things about how to run meetings. That’s exactly what Google chief executive Sundar Pichai recently confessed to…