Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Adobe Software Engineer Salaries Draw Comparisons with Tech Industry
Founded in 1982, Adobe is ancient by tech-world standards, and yet its products continue to dominate the developer and designer worlds. It survived a bruising battle with Apple co-founder Steve J… -
Software Developers Want Pay That Matches Their Peers
Some 40 percent of software developers around the world don’t think they’re paid fairly in relation to their peers, suggests HackerRank’s 2020 Developer Skills Report. When you break things down… -
Should You Jump to a New Technology Job This Year?
No matter what the state of the job market, jumping to a new job is nearly always a difficult decision. Whether the choice to make the jump comes down to emotion (you really don’t want to stick w… -
Weekend Roundup: Bye, BlackBerry; Coronavirus May Impact iPhone
It’s the weekend! And what a week it was: The Iowa Democratic caucuses' reliance on an iPhone and Android app produced what might turn out to be the biggest technology meltdown of the year, the c… -
Top Tech Skills of 2020 Include Swift, Kafka
“Which skills are most valuable to me?” That’s a question that some technologists constantly ask, and it’s a good one: Knowing the right skills can keep you employed, and give you the leverage to… -
Elon Musk Wants A.I. Developers, No Degree Required
Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to hire some artificial intelligence (A.I.) researchers—and he says he doesn’t care if they actually have degrees. Earlier this week, Musk Tweeted: “Join AI at Tesla! It… -
Technologists Want Remote Work... But Many Aren't Getting It
Dice's 2020 Salary Report revealed that a large majority of technologists (93 percent) want to work remotely at least some of the time. That’s understandable: Remote work allows many technologist… -
Most In-Demand Tech Jobs and Skills, February 2020
As we plunge into 2020, one thing is clear: Business hunger for software developers and engineers seems insatiable. A new analysis of jobs data from Burning Glass, which collects millions of job… -
Are H-1B Approval Rates Rising Again, Despite Crackdowns?
The federal government approved a rising percentage of H-1B applications in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 (which covered October-December 2019). If that trend continues, it may end up blu… -
6 Emerging Tech Cities with Big Salaries, Growth: Dice Salary Report
In the nation’s biggest tech cities, big salaries only get bigger: According to Dice's 2020 Salary Report, Silicon Valley (including San Francisco) saw average salaries increase 4.7 percent year-…