Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Joe Biden Could Reverse Huge Parts of Trump H-1B Policies
With Joe Biden declared the winner of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, it’s worth delving into his potential policies regarding tech immigration and the H-1B visa. Although Biden has suggeste… -
Issues with Work-Life Balance Persist for Remote Technologists
More than seven months into widespread remote work, technologists at some of the nation’s largest companies are having problems separating their professional and personal lives, according to a ne… -
Google Android Turns 13. It’s Been a Wild Ride for Developers.
In November 2007, the Open Handset Alliance, which included Google and a variety of device manufacturers, unveiled a brand new operating system for mobile devices: Android. On the thirteenth anni… -
Weekend Roundup: Valve CEO’s Space Oddity; Uber and Lyft at Risk
What a week, huh? Let’s distract ourselves from all the election stuff for a brief moment with a rundown of some interesting tech stories that we didn’t cover over the past few days. Let’s kick o… -
Tell Us: Are You Tempted to Switch Jobs in the Near Future?
Would you switch jobs in the near future, or have the twists and turns of 2020 left you a little bit leery about jumping from what might be a secure position to a new one? However you answer the… -
Uber vs. Lyft: Which Offers Software Engineers Higher Salaries?
It’s been a rough year for Uber and Lyft. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the accompanying dip in people using rideshare services, cored out their respective businesses; and on top of that, they faced… -
Google vs. Apple: Which Pays Its Software Engineers Higher Salaries?
When the U.S. government launched its recent anti-trust investigation into Google, it surfaced an interesting deal between the search-engine giant and Apple: In exchange for billions of dollars p… -
Yep, Python Is Still the Unstoppable Programming Language: TIOBE
Python continues to snake its way to the top of the world’s most popular programming languages, according to the TIOBE Index, which updates its language rankings on a monthly basis. Right now, TI… -
Remote Tech Skills That Employers Really Want, November
As we approach the end of the year, employers everywhere are starting to plan out 2021. What skills do they need to launch and complete their most mission-critical projects? Which kinds of specia… -
Startup Layoffs Seem to Have Leveled Off as Winter Approaches
As we head into November, it seems that startup layoffs remain fairly level, according to layoffs.fyi, which has been crowdsourcing startup layoff data for the past several months. At the beginni…