Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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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,… -
Google Bug Bounties Totaled $6.5 Million Last Year
Google paid out $6.5 million in bug bounties in 2019, which is double what the company paid in any previous year. That’s due in large part to boosted reward payouts for discovering certain types… -
Game Developers: Are Stories of 'Crunch Time' Overblown?
Do most game developers really struggle with endemic overwork and “crunch time,” as news reports often suggest? A new survey suggests the answer is “no”—with some important caveats. According to… -
Technologists Face a ‘Benefits Gap’ with Remote Work, Tuition, 401(k)
Let’s talk benefits—specifically, the benefits that employers are actually offering, and the ones you desperately want. The Dice 2020 Salary Report revealed quite a bit about what technologists e… -
Dice 2020 Salary Report: Which Cities, Skills, and Occupations Paid the Most?
Welcome to the 2020 edition of the Dice Salary Report. In order to obtain the latest data on the top technology salaries, we surveyed more than 12,800 technologists over two months. Whether you’r… -
Oracle vs. SAP: Which Pays Higher Salaries to Software Engineers?
Oracle and SAP have been locked for years in fierce competition for business customers. Oracle co-founder (and former CEO) Larry Ellison has further fanned those flames with some well-timed trash… -
Game Developers Wary of Subscriptions, Cloud Streaming
Game developers remain overwhelmingly interested in building games for the PC, despite a new generation of consoles and streaming services competing for gamers’ attention. There’s also some poten… -
USCIS Faces $350 Million H-1B Lawsuit from Tech, Consulting Firms
A consortium of tech companies wants a $350 million refund on H-1B visa application fees—and it’s willing to sue U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in order to get it. USCIS “has u… -
Uber's Autonomous Driving Effort Enters Washington, D.C.
Despite its early promise, autonomous driving has ended up on a bumpy road. Simply put, it’s hard to train software to handle the chaos and unpredictability of the modern road—especially if you’r…