Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Pay Transparency Remains Huge Issue Within Tech
Salaries and compensation are sensitive topics for many people in tech. Few like to reveal just how much they make, even if their annual take-home is quite generous. At the same time, though, pay… -
Rockstar Games Trying to Ease Crunch Time, Boost Work-Life Balance
In the game-development industry, “crunch time” remains a persistent and emotionally fraught issue. Game companies of all sizes have pledged to respect their developers’ work-life balance, and no… -
Google Slows Hiring in Response to COVID-19
Google plans on slowing its hiring down throughout the rest of 2020, according to new reports. That’s a reflection of how much the COVID-19 pandemic has changed not only the tech industry, but al… -
Weekend Roundup: Opendoor Layoffs, New Apple iPhone SE
It was a big week, with the tech industry still trying to come to grips with the COVID-19 epidemic and its impact on the economy. Yelp laid off some folks, GitHub made its core products free to a… -
Reddit AMA: COVID-19 Tech Job Hunting, and More
The other week, we hosted a Reddit AMA (on /r/cscareerquestions) in which we discussed everything from the tech market during the COVID-19 pandemic to more generalized career advice. It was quite… -
GitHub Makes Core Features Free for All Teams
GitHub has now made its core features free to all users, which is a huge deal for startups and teams wrestling with very limited budgets. The change is reportedly permanent. “Until now, if your o… -
How Mentoring Can Overcome Tech Management's Big Challenges
What are the biggest challenges in software development? According to a new report, two things in particular dominate development teams’ bandwidth and time: Capacity and sharing knowledge. That m… -
Tesla, Cruise, General Motors: Which Pays Software Engineers the Most?
If you listen to automakers, the future is autonomous driving. However, that technology still has a long way to go before humans can fully trust their vehicles to seamlessly drive them from Point… -
White House Petition Wants H-1B Period Extended Due to COVID-19
With COVID-19 unleashing waves of layoffs across the U.S., H-1B workers are concerned that they’ll not only lose their jobs, but will have to leave the country within 60 days under current law. C… -
Yelp Furloughs, Layoffs Show COVID-19 Impact on Tech Sectors
Yelp plans on laying off 1,000 employees, and furloughing 1,100 more, in response to COVID-19. In a public letter to employees, CEO Jeremy Stoppelman said that, although the company had ambitious…