Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Software Engineering Managers' Salaries at Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon
Software engineering managers face a tough job: They must wrangle teams of software engineers to deliver products that work, and hopefully do so in a way that’s on-schedule and within budget. At… -
Biden Administration Lets Trump H-1B Visa Ban Expire
In a move unlikely to stun anyone who follows immigration-related issues, the Biden administration has declined to renew President Donald Trump’s ban on H-1Bs and other guest worker visas. A note… -
What Product Managers Earn Per Year at Google and Amazon
How much do product managers make at Google and Amazon? For those technologists who want to eventually manage product rollouts at a tech giant, that’s a pretty important question. The answer also… -
What Will Apple's Virtual WWDC 2021 Reveal for Developers?
For the second year in a row, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), scheduled to take place June 7 through 11, will be all-online and free. Like every edition of WWDC, expect that the c… -
Amazon Expects Remote Employees to Return to 'Office-Centric' Culture
Although many companies are allowing employees to work from home on a permanent basis, even after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, Amazon is taking a different approach: It wants employees to embr… -
Tech Companies' Post-COVID Office Plans are Flexible
As COVID-19 vaccines roll out and people figure out how to return to some version of “normalcy,” companies everywhere are determining how their offices will look (and their teams operate) in the… -
9 Programming Languages That Employers Want and Pay High Salaries
Which programming languages are most in-demand among employers, and how much do they pay? Those are two vital questions as technologists and developers everywhere decide which skills to learn nex… -
Are Technologists Thriving, Exhausted, or Feeling Totally Overworked?
For many technologists, this past year of COVID-19 lockdowns and remote work has been a difficult one. As vaccination rates increase and companies consider how to reintroduce people to the office… -
Apple, Amazon, Other Big Tech Advocate Citizenship Path for ‘Dreamers’
Some of the biggest companies in tech have been publicly advocating for Congress to establish a path to citizenship for “Dreamers,” or people who have lived in the U.S. without official authoriza…