Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Tech Industry Wages are Rising (Somewhat): Study
Good news: wages within the tech industry grew 2.3 percent year-over-year in the second quarter of 2019, according to new data from PayScale. That outpaced industries such as construction (which… -
Union Fever at Tech's Biggest Firms is Weak
How many tech professionals actually want a union? A new survey by Blind shows that relatively few tech-company employees are actually interested in formal unions. Because the responses to Blind’… -
Lessons from the Amazon "Upskilling 2025" Program
Amazon plans on spending $700 million to retrain 100,000 members of its U.S. workforce over the next six years, according to the company. For recruiters and hiring managers at firms of all sizes,… -
Automation May Hurt Entry-Level Professionals the Most
Automation will have its biggest impact on workers at the beginning and end of their careers, according to a new report by analyst firm McKinsey. Automation will eventually impact everything from… -
Oracle Entry-Level Software Engineers: Solid Pay for a Hard Job
If you’re a software engineer at the beginning of your career, and you really want to work for a big tech firm, and compensation is one of your key drivers, give Oracle a look. According to crowd… -
Amazon Wants to "Upskill" Workers into Tech Professionals
Amazon plans on spending $700 million to retrain 100,000 members of its U.S. workforce over the next six years, according to the company. This initiative, dubbed “Upskilling 2025,” will focus on… -
IBM Proposes Weirdest Smartwatch Ever
IBM wants to attach a tablet to your wrist. No, seriously: Big Blue has submitted a patent titled, “Variable Display Size for an Electronic Display Device,” which is a clunky way of saying, “Smar… -
Virginia Tech Talent Pipeline Pulled in Amazon's HQ2
Virginia’s “pipeline” of tech talent helped the state land Amazon’s second headquarters (dubbed “HQ2”), according to CNBC. Amazon originally intended to build two headquarters facilities, one in… -
TypeScript: Quiet Winner Among Programming Languages
You have the languages that quietly build an audience without the benefit of huge conferences or famous advocates. TypeScript is such a language; it might not power a popular smartphone platform… -
Entry-Level IBM Engineer Salaries Trail Tech Industry
If you’ve just graduated college or a coding boot camp, and you want to make lot of money as a software engineer at a big tech firm, you might want to avoid IBM. IBM’s base salaries for associate…