Articles by Nick Kolakowski

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  Tech Hubs’ Job Strength Continues Despite COVID-19

  The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed considerable challenges. The national unemployment rate has spiked, especially in sectors such as retail and transportation. But how is the disease’s progress…
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  4 Tips for Handling COVID-19 Isolation When Working From Home

  For those used to commuting into an office every day, working from home can prove a considerable adjustment. A new survey from Blind shows that a slight majority of technologists are experiencing…
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  COVID-19 May Drive Demand for COBOL Developers

  For years, state governments have resisted upgrading their aging mainframes and other hardware that support vital services such as unemployment insurance. Now the COVID-19 epidemic is unleashing…
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  COVID-19: Who's Hiring, Laying Off, and Furloughing

  If you’re in the market for a new job, the COVID-19 pandemic has turned the world upside down. Companies that were hiring aggressively a month ago have frozen their interviewing and onboarding pr…
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  Will COVID-19 Kill the Whiteboard Test During Job Interviews?

  Ah, the whiteboard test: Easily the most hated part of many job interviews. Being asked to write out the solution to a programming problem longhand, without Google or your saved code snippets—it’…
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  Weekend Roundup: Anything-Other-Than-COVID-19 Edition (Seriously!)

  It’s the weekend! You made it through yet another wild week. Let’s take a moment and not mention COVID-19. Sound good? Sounds good! Let’s cover other things going on in tech, from Google’s nifty…
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  Google TensorFlow Cert Suggests A.I., ML Certifications on the Rise

  Over the past few years, many companies have embraced artificial intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning as the way of the future. That’s been good news for those technologists who’ve mastered t…
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  5 Best Programming Languages to Learn During COVID-19 Lockdown

  Thanks to COVID-19, you’re trapped inside. It’s a stressful time… but it’s also an opportunity to learn some new stuff, including any programming languages you’ve had your eye on. For many develo…
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  Video Interview Tips for Tech Job Candidates, Managers During COVID-19

  Since the COVID-19 pandemic forced broad swaths of the economy to embrace remote work, the impact on employees and managers has been seismic. For many of those recruiters and hiring managers task…
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  Disney, Netflix Engineer Salaries: High as COVID-19 Boosts Streaming

  With millions stuck at home due to COVID-19, streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are facing a deluge of users. Even at the best of times, keeping a streaming service up and…