Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Python Heads IEEE List of Top Programming Languages
Deciding which programming languages are the “most popular” is always something of a subjective exercise—or a fool’s errand. No matter what methodology you use to determine one language’s usage o… -
General Motors vs. Tesla: Software Engineer Pay
If you believe the hype coming out of the tech industry, autonomous driving is the future of how we’ll get around. And there’s perhaps no bigger hype-driver than Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who breezily… -
Microsoft Software Engineers Reveal Their Salaries
Hundreds of Microsoft employees are using a private Facebook group and Google spreadsheet to display their salaries to their colleagues, according to a new Medium OneZero posting. This offers yet… -
Machine Learning Engineers: How Much Can They Make?
Machine learning is one of the hottest topics in tech at the moment. Companies are hungry to hire professionals with machine-learning knowledge, even if it costs them quite a bit more than a “sta… -
New Fee for H-1B Applications Hints at Tightening Program
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) wants to institute a $10 registration fee for each H-1B visa application. The agency claims that the added money will allow it to better “adjudic… -
Is PHP Entering a Death Spiral? TIOBE Thinks So.
At a quarter-century old, PHP is one of those stalwart programming languages, widely used by web developers despite some much-publicized complaints (“a fractal of bad design,” in the words of one… -
Elon Musk Wants You to Learn Soft Skills to Keep Your Job
Tesla CEO Elon Musk thinks you should work on your “soft skills,” especially if you want to keep your job in the face of increasingly sophisticated automation. “A.I. will make jobs kind of pointl… -
Cost Cutting: Which Tech Companies Are Slicing Away?
Are tech companies strategically cost-cutting, perhaps in anticipation of a recession? It seems so, according to a recent (anonymous) survey of tech professionals by Blind. Although Blind’s surve… -
Are AR and VR Job Interviews Part of Your Future?
Can virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) change how companies recruit and hire tech pros? Imagine a future in which a recruiter virtually shows you around an office, or an interviewer… -
Can Alexa and Other Digital Assistants Conquer Businesses?
Digital assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri are becoming more ubiquitous in the consumer space, but businesses remain a largely untapped (and tempting) target for the technology. O…