Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Top 20 Employers Hiring Technologists Include Healthcare, E-Commerce
For many people, we’re approaching one year in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past few quarters, businesses have adjusted their planning and models, then adjusted them again; emp… -
Java Developer Salary: 5 Burning Questions Answered
Java has managed to hold a prime spot in developers’ minds for 25+ years, and it’s easy to see why. For starters, Java benefits from a “write once, run anywhere” (WORA) design, which means it can… -
Is Technologist Mental Health Suffering at Tech's Biggest Companies?
Mental health has emerged as a key issue for many technologists during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Even those who initially looked forward to full-time remote work have wrestled with the isolation. I… -
Majority of Technologists Prefer Hybrid Work Schedule Over All-Remote
As companies debate the best way to return employees to the office full-time, a new survey suggests that a majority of technologists really want a hybrid work model. That insight comes from Blind… -
This Developer Role is Supposedly America's Best Job
What are the best jobs in America, and how many of them are in tech? That’s a hard question to answer—after all, it hinges on your definition of a “best job”—but Glassdoor recently took a stab at… -
VMware Layoffs Will Hit Relatively Few Employees
VMware is laying off a small portion of its workforce, according to reports. In a confirmation to CRN, the cloud-and-virtualization company suggested that the layoffs were part of a workforce-reb… -
Activision Blizzard Faces Diversity Hiring Controversy
Tech companies make a big deal of their diversity efforts. The largest of them, including Google and Microsoft, issue regular reports that detail their progress in diversifying their workforces.… -
Weekend Roundup: Robinhood, Reddit, and the Big Market Meltdown
It was quite a wild week in tech, with various worlds (mobile apps, financial markets, data and privacy) colliding in unexpected ways. Robinhood and Reddit unleashed a historic week for Wall Stre… -
New Legislation Could Change H-1B, Spare H-4 EAD
In one of his first actions as President, Joe Biden is pushing for legislation that will give work authorization to the dependents of H-1B visa workers, among other provisions. The U.S. Citizensh… -
Robinhood Stock-Trading App Could Pay Off for Its Software Engineers
Stock-trading app Robinhood is changing how many people buy equities—and in doing so, potentially injecting some volatility into the stock market. Inspired by chatter on Twitter and Reddit, Robin…