Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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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… -
Web Developers Earn the Most in These States, Cities
Where can web developers make the most money? As you probably suspect, major tech hubs such as San Francisco, Seattle, and San Jose pay out the biggest salaries to those tech professionals who bu… -
Developers Can't Escape Their Job... Even in Dreams
Even when they’re asleep, developers can’t seem to put their jobs aside. According to a new developer survey from JetBrains, some 52 percent of developers report coding “sometimes” in their dream… -
Facebook Starting Salaries: What Tech Professionals Can Expect
Facebook confronts a new crisis seemingly every other month. From the Cambridge Analytica scandal to the pushback over its attempt to launch a new global currency, these calamities haven’t dampen… -
Apple's Drive.ai Acquisition Means It's Still in Self-Driving Game
Apple has acquired autonomous driving startup Drive.ai, suggesting that its aspirations to build some kind of self-driving platform are still very much alive. According to Axios, which picked apa… -
Seattle Apple Expansion, Oracle Layoffs Churn Tech Scene
Apple is growing its presence in Seattle, with plans to add as many as 2,000 hardware- and software-related positions in the city over the next few years. The company is leasing two 12-story buil… -
What Amazon Pays Its Newest Tech Hires
How much can a brand-new engineering recruit earn at Amazon? That's a vital question for hiring managers and recruiters trying to figure out how high to set their own companies' starting salaries… -
Game Developers Think AR Will Win Over VR: Survey
Many game developers are pumped by the prospect of augmented reality (AR), which superimposes digital holograms on the real-life environment, according to the Game Developers Conference’s annual…