Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Elon Musk: Government Should Regulate Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk thinks that organizations developing advanced artificial intelligence (A.I.) should be regulated, including his companies. Musk is also pessimistic about Dario Amod… -
Bloomberg Software Developer, H-1B Salaries: Presidentially Big?
Michael Bloomberg is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the U.S. Presidential race, thanks to his vast fortune earned as co-founder and CEO of Bloomberg LP, the privately held financial… -
Is Objective-C Finally Dying in Favor of Swift?
Objective-C is the Jason Voorhees of the programming world: Totally un-killable, despite its age (36 years young!) and Apple’s attempts to get developers to switch to another language for buildin… -
Are Technologists Satisfied with Their Careers? It Depends...
Are technologists satisfied with their careers? According to the 2020 edition of the Dice Salary Report, the answer for many to that satisfaction question seems to be “yes”—with some important ca… -
Weekend Roundup: Coronavirus Wrecks MWC, Un-Essential Phones
Last week, we discussed how the coronavirus might impact Foxconn’s iPhone production lines. This week, it’s clear that the virus continues to have a massive (and negative) impact on the tech indu… -
Fastest-Growing Tech Occupations Include Data Scientists, Engineers
The 2020 edition of Dice’s Salary Report showed significant salary growth for certain kinds of skills, including Swift and Kafka. Now let’s take a deeper dive into the tech occupations that enjoy… -
GitHub, YouTube, Online Courses Top Developers' Learning Methods
How are developers learning new skills? It depends quite a bit on their age, according to new data from HackerRank’s latest Developer Skills Report. Younger technologists (i.e., Generation Z) ten… -
Technologist Burnout on the Decline, But Remains Pervasive Issue
Nobody is immune from burnout. That’s what technologists who try to juggle too many things inevitably learn. But burnout isn’t always due to overwork; for many, it’s rooted in bad management, or… -
Canada Continues to Benefit From U.S. H-1B Confusion
Canada continues to benefit from the confusion over United States immigration policy, according to a new report from NPR. That NPR report cited a new study by CBRE, a real-estate services firm th… -
Creativity is Key When Technologists Consider New Jobs
Mention the word “creativity” to most people, and you’ll likely conjure up mental images of painting, drawing, and other stereotypically “creative” pursuits. But in a technology context, “creativ…