Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Code With Google Wants to Fix Computer-Science Education
Google is pushing harder into education with Code with Google, a hub for the company’s various computer-science courses. It’s a good PR move for Google, which has complained for years that the co… -
Cost of Living: Squeezing Tech Professionals Across the U.S.
The upside of living in a major tech hub such as San Francisco or New York City: Salaries are often generous. The downside, of course, is the cost of living is often high, as well. But no matter… -
Mobile Developers: In-App Advertising Generating More Cash Than Ever
If you’re a mobile developer, and you’re currently on the fence over whether to integrate in-app advertising into your latest app, App Annie has some interesting data for you. In its predictions… -
Entry-Level Apple Engineer Salaries May Surprise You
If you’re applying for a software engineer job at Apple, and expecting a salary that blows other companies’ offers out of the proverbial water—well, prepare for some surprise and disappointment.… -
Google's Fuchsia Prepping for Mobile App Developers
Android helped make Google a force in the mobile space. Is the search-engine giant now attempting to shove the operating system aside in favor of something different? New documentation suggests t… -
Pay, Not Perks, is What Drives Tech Professionals
The other week, we asked tech professionals if better (and more) benefits were more enticing than a pay increase. They spoke up, and the results are clear: They wanted better pay. This is a valua… -
Dear Jony Ive: Some Advice for Your New Life as a Contractor
Dear Jony: No, wait, that’s way too informal for someone once knighted by the Queen. It’s Sir Ive, no? Let’s just go with that, before your judgmental stare burns a hole clean through us. Dear Si… -
Python: Most Studied Language Among Developers
Python is the most-studied language among developers, with 27 percent of respondents to a recent JetBrains survey saying they’ve either started or continued to learn it in the past year. While Py… -
Entry-Level Microsoft Engineers Earn Significant Salaries
Microsoft has enjoyed something of a comeback in recent years. Even though it lost out on the chance to dominate the mobile arena to Google and Apple, it’s regained its swagger as a provider of c… -
H-1B Visas May Not Get Country Restrictions After All
In June, news leaked that the Trump administration was debating whether to limit the number of H-1B visa recipients from India. That cap would have been retaliation for India’s localized data-sto…