Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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How Do H-1B Salaries Compare to the Average Technologist Salary?
How do H-1B salaries compare to the average technologist’s salary? According to the latest Dice Salary Report, the average technologist made $97,859 in 2020 (an increase of 3.6 percent from 2019)… -
Are Technologists Taking Full Advantage of Their Vacation Time?
Over the past year, technologists have been somewhat limited in what they could do with their vacation days and PTO. With many businesses shut down, and travel potentially risky due to the COVID-… -
Would You Take More Equity for a Smaller Paycheck?
For many technologists, equity is a crucial part of their overall compensation package. At certain tech companies (especially the biggest, such as Google and Facebook), rising in the ranks means… -
Top 11 Metro Areas Where Microsoft is Hiring Technologists
The COVID-19 pandemic drove companies all over the world to embrace cloud platforms and collaboration tools, which profited Microsoft enormously. As a result, the company needs technologists who… -
Dice Salary Report Reveals Benefits That Technologists Truly Want
Which benefits matter most to technologists… and which do they actually receive? According to the latest data in the Dice Salary Report, a majority of technologists receive standard benefits such… -
SpaceX Wants Technologists It Hires to Have These Skills
SpaceX proved that privately funded spaceflight wasn’t just a viable concept, but an innovative one. Since the company’s launch in 2002, it has pioneered several advances in spaceflight, includin… -
Worried About Getting Fired? In Tech, You're Not Alone.
Are you worried about getting fired? If so, you have something in common with technologists at a number of tech’s biggest companies, according to a new survey by Blind, which anonymously queries… -
Are Tech Companies Ranked Highly by Black Employees?
For years, tech companies have tried to diversity their workforces and create professional cultures more welcoming to underrepresented groups. Are those efforts succeeding? It’s hard to tell (esp… -
Python Remains Employers’ Most-Demanded Programming Language
Which programming languages do employers want? That’s arguably one of the most vital questions that software developers and engineers need answered. Coding Dojo, which conducts coding bootcamps,… -
iOS vs. Android Developer Skills: Which are More in Demand?
If you’re interested in developing smartphone and tablet apps, you know that the mobile device industry is essentially a duopoly, split between Apple’s iOS and Google Android. If you’re totally n…