Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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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… -
Weekend Roundup: Big Tech CEOs in the Hot Seat, Musk’s Biggest A.I. Fear
It’s not every week that some of the biggest names in tech—specifically the CEOs of Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Google—end up on the same forum together, but that’s exactly what happened. And th… -
Google, Apple, Facebook: Where Is COVID-19 Burnout Worst?
After months of COVID-related lockdowns, it’s pretty clear that a percentage of technologists are feeling some burnout. Dice’s ongoing Sentiment Survey has shown that many saw their workloads inc… -
Top 24 Programming Languages for Web Development: Python and More
Every year, like so many other organizations and analyst firms, IEEE Spectrum produces a list of the “top” programming languages, leveraging 11 metrics from no less than eight sources (including… -
Microsoft Study Finds Remote Work Can Equal Longer Hours
When the COVID-19 lockdowns began earlier this year, a group of data scientists and other technologists at Microsoft decided to conduct a little experiment: They would monitor their colleagues’ w… -
Is Your Company Supporting Diversity and Inclusion Movements?
For years, the technology industry has wrestled mightily with issues related to diversity and inclusion. Tech companies large and small have worked to diversify their employee ranks, often by per… -
Dice Tech Job Report: Q2 Offers Optimism for Tech Industry
How is the COVID-19 pandemic impacting the job market? The latest edition of the Dice Tech Job Report analyzed data from the second quarter, giving us a fuller picture of how employers are dealin… -
Google Extends COVID-19 Remote-Work Policy to Mid-2021
Google is extending its employees’ work-from-home mandate until July 2021 at the earliest, according to reports. The Wall Street Journal was first with the news, reporting that the revised order… -
What H-1B Software Engineers Make at Google, Apple, Facebook, More
How much are software engineers on the H-1B visa making at some of the nation’s largest tech companies? At first glance, the answer seems simple: quite a lot. But there are nuances in the data wo…