Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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What Trump's New H-1B Order Means for Federal Subcontractors
President Trump’s recent executive order will require federal agencies to review their use of subcontractors that rely on “temporary foreign labor.” What impact will it actually have on the feder… -
Weekend Roundup: Apple’s Schiller Retires, Levandowski Sentenced
You’ve reached the end of the week! Congrats. Before you shut down for the weekend, let’s touch on some of tech’s top stories from the week that you might have missed, including the retirement of… -
Top 26 Enterprise Programming Languages: Python and More
For many technologists, developing software for the enterprise holds a certain appeal. For example, you get to build things used by millions (potentially even billions) of people. Second, it’s an… -
Startups' Layoffs Continue to Level Off Despite COVID-19 Pandemic
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, many startups radically adjusted their operations in order to stay alive. Sometimes that meant budget cuts, or mothballing certain lines of business; and in othe… -
Blizzard Highlights Tech Pay Transparency Issues
At Blizzard, the studio responsible for games such as “Overwatch” (seen above) and the “World of Warcraft” franchise, some software engineers make more than $100,000 per year. But other employees… -
Python, R, Other Programming Languages Thriving Long-Term
If you’ve seen any of the programming-language rankings that analyst firms regularly publish, you know that the languages in those rankings’ upper tiers rarely change much in the short term. Pyth… -
H-1B Fees Set to Rise, Big Impact on Tech Possible
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is adjusting fees for visas, including the H-1B. These new fees, designed to more fairly reflect “the time agency offices spend adjudicating peti… -
OpenAI Wants Diversity in Its Scholars Program for Fall 2020
If you’re interested in artificial intelligence (A.I.) and deep learning, OpenAI has a new “class” of scholarships opening up for Fall 2020. The organization is specifically asking engineers and… -
Top 12 Mobile Programming Languages Include Java, C
Over the past few years, a number of upstart programming languages have emerged in the mobile-development arena, looking to supplant “old guard” languages such as Java. These newer languages, whi… -
Snap Calls Its Diversity Efforts Not Good Enough
With protests against racial injustice and police brutality sweeping the nation, tech companies have faced a renewed discussion over their employee diversity. Although many of these companies cla…