Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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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-… -
5 Programming Languages You Won’t Use by 2030
Programming languages fade. It’s an inevitable fact of life: The old and tired is inevitably replaced by the new and better (or at least slightly different). While it’s impossible to predict whic… -
Weekend Update: Atari Hotels, Google Planning a Slack Killer?
Is it just us, or did January feel like it went on forever? In any case, it’s the weekend—and February! This week featured some… unusual news, to put it mildly: Google really wants to beat Slack,…