Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Is the Future of Work Flexible, not remote?
Across the country, employers are rethinking the nature of work. Before the COVID-19 pandemic forced employees to work from home, many team leaders and project managers felt that they needed thei… -
Is Remote Work Killing Your Chances of Promotion?
Advancing your technology career was tricky enough before the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of remote work. You had to figure out a career track, research everything from average salaries to mos… -
Burnout, Long Hours Still Problems for Technologists Working From Home
Seven months into the COVID-19 pandemic, and a vast number of technologists continue to work from home. And while many have settled into a comfortable routine, new data from Blind (which anonymou… -
5 Programming Languages Doomed Over the Next 10 Years
If you want to build a long computer science career as a software developer, you need to pay attention to those programming languages and other skills that will endure for years, if not decades.… -
Technologists vs. Lawyers vs. Doctors: Who Earns More?
You can earn a lot of money as a technologist, especially if you specialize in a highly sought-after skill set such as machine learning or artificial intelligence (A.I.). But even with skills and… -
IBM Lags Google, Amazon, Microsoft in Engineer Compensation
Earlier this month, IBM announced that it would spin off its legacy technology services into a separate company, in order to focus exclusively on the cloud. In theory, a streamlined, cloud-centri… -
Google, Amazon, Facebook Bet Big on New York City Revival
Some of tech’s biggest companies have been rapidly expanding in New York City over the past several months, despite broader concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic will lessen the need for formal off… -
Weekend Roundup: Speedy New Apple iPhone; AR for Dogs?
Welcome to the weekend! Before you shut down your work apps and take a break (seriously, take a break!), let’s check out some of the biggest and most unusual tech stories from the week, including… -
Top Technology Jobs, Skills That Google Is Hiring For
Work at Google is undergoing some big, systemic changes. At the end of September, Google CEO Sundar Pichai (who’s also CEO of Alphabet, parent company of Google) announced that employees could ad… -
What Amazon, Google H-1B Workers Earn Over the Prevailing Wage
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is arguing that the “prevailing wage” for H-1B workers has been set far too low, allowing companies to use the visa to replace domestic technologists. That argu…