Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Automation Apocalypse and the Tech Jobs That Avoid It
When it comes to automation taking away jobs, a new report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch is predicting what amounts to near-total apocalypse: 800 million human jobs deleted by 2035. “Increasin… -
Mathematicians, Data Engineers Dominate November's Hottest Jobs
Employers’ hunger for mathematicians and data engineers seems insatiable, according to our November breakdown of data from Burning Glass’s NOVA platform, which analyzes millions of active job pos… -
H-1B Spouses Face Uncertainty with New H-4 EAD Decision
The fate of H-4 EAD, which allows the spouses of H-1B visa holders to work, is still up in the air after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit kicked a decision over the… -
Palantir Software Engineers: How Much They Make
In the wake of various tech “unicorns” (i.e., startups valued at over a billion dollars) crashing and burning on the public markets (hi, Uber!), ultra-secretive data firm Palantir is reportedly p… -
Apple Headset Rumors May Delay AR Going Mainstream
A new report suggests that Apple’s much-rumored augmented reality (AR) glasses could debut far later than some folks expected—by 2022, as opposed to next year. That could radically change the lon… -
7 Technology Jobs That Offer Solid Salaries, Growth
Let’s face it: Although we’d all like C-suite pay, precious few people actually land jobs as CEO, CTO, or CIO. However, there are several tech jobs that pay a significant salary—whether or not yo… -
10 Fastest-Growing Programming Languages on GitHub
Which programming languages are on the rise? That’s always a difficult question to answer, but GitHub’s annual State of the Octoverse report gives us some valuable insights. Dart, Rust, and Kotli… -
Weekend Roundup: Google Cardboard, Microsoft's Mobile Failure, OpenAI
You did it! You made it to the weekend! Before you log off your machine and spend the next 48 hours playing “Death Stranding” (it’s weird… really weird), let’s check out some of the tech news thi… -
Americans Losing Trust in Tech Industry
Americans trust tech companies less, according to data from the Pew Research Center. That has potentially big implications for tech firms of all sizes, from giants such as Google all the way down… -
Bloomberg Software Engineers: Here's What They Earn
Whether or not you’re interested in banking and finance, you likely know the name Bloomberg. Michael Bloomberg founded his eponymous firm in 1981, and it’s now one of the largest privately held c…