Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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10 Tech Jobs at Low Risk of Automation in Years Ahead
Which tech jobs are at lowest risk of automation? That’s a tough question: as artificial intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning platforms become increasingly sophisticated, it seems like more a… -
H-1B Restrictions Driving Companies' Outsourcing, Offshoring
As the Trump Administration tightens up its restrictions on the H-1B visa (as well as the H-4 EAD, which it wants to eliminate completely), it’s worth examining how companies are reacting to the… -
Banking Automation Could Destroy 200,000 More Jobs
The banking industry could use chatbots and other automated software to eliminate as many as 200,000 jobs over the next 10 years, according to a new report by Wells Fargo. Customer service may ex… -
Intel vs. Nvidia: Which Pays Software Engineers More?
For years, PCs loaded with Intel processors dominated our computing lives. But nothing in tech remains the same; the rise of mobile and the cloud allowed other chip manufacturers, including Nvidi… -
Diversity Struggles Still Real at Google, Other Tech Giants
The major tech companies make a lot of noise about their efforts to diversify their employee ranks. But how are these diversity efforts actually paying off? According to a new breakdown from Wire… -
5 Programming Languages That Refuse to Die
Not all programming languages will stay relevant forever. As technologies evolve, and companies ask developers to rewrite mountains of legacy code, some languages will inevitably see their “base”… -
How A.I. Could Enable Ageism, Discrimination in Hiring
Could artificial intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning make ageism in tech—already a widely recognized problem—even worse? That’s an issue that companies of all sizes will have to confront as… -
Microsoft ARM Ambitions May Repeat Old Mistakes
Way back in Ye Olden Days of 2012, Microsoft tried something unusual: It released a Surface tablet (dubbed the “Surface RT”) with the same ARM architecture that powers mobile devices. This was a… -
H-1B Software Engineer Pay at Google, Apple, Microsoft
It’s no secret that some of the largest tech companies use the H-1B visa to fill software-engineering roles. But how much are they actually paying those software engineers? Let’s take a look at s… -
Gig Economy Software Engineer Salaries: What Uber, Lyft, DoorDash Pay
The gig economy has made billionaires out of a few lucky entrepreneurs, and millionaires out of thousands of software engineers and other technologists who decided to sign onto the right startup…