Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Recruiters: Focus on Tech Pros' Biggest 2018 Challenges
Recruiters and hiring managers know they face a recruiting challenge this year. With the tech industry’s unemployment rate at remarkable lows, qualified tech professionals have their pick of jobs… -
Google Wants to Automate A.I and Machine Learning
Companies are obsessed with the potential of artificial intelligence (A.I.). Even those executives who understand precious little about it want their divisions to utilize it. And therein lies the… -
Building 'Quick' Experiences with Augmented Reality is Key
When tech pros talk about working with augmented reality (AR), they’re usually referring to immersive experiences of some sort, whether games or productivity apps. And it’s easy to see why that’s… -
Salt Lake City Among Tech’s New STEM Hotbeds
For a number of years, Silicon Valley dominated as the nation’s ultimate tech hub. But other localities are coming into their own as tech ecosystems, complete with their own educational pipelines… -
Which Tech Freelancing Skills Pay the Most Per Hour?
Take a seat and prepare yourself for some shocking news: tech freelancers can pull down a sizable amount of money per hour. New data from Upwork (an online freelancing platform) suggests that tec… -
When Good UX Means the Difference Between Safety and Disaster
On January 13, the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency sent a smartphone alert to thousands of island residents and tourists: “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. T… -
Software Developer: Best Job in the Country?
Software developers have the best jobs in the country, according to a new analysis by U.S. News & World Report. To arrive at that conclusion, the magazine utilized a handful of measures: median s… -
One-Third of STEM Workers Lack a Bachelor's (or Better)
Think you need a college degree to land a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) job? Think again. According to new data from the Pew Research Center, some 35 percent of the STEM workf… -
Relatively Few Women Still in Engineering, Computer Science
Which STEM jobs feature the greatest percentage of women? Short answer: not the ones involving computers or engineering. The longer answer, fueled by some new data by Pew Research, is that women… -
4 Steps to Great Cover Letter Writing
There’s no complicated secret to writing a great cover letter: you need to make it as direct as possible. That doesn’t mean keeping your language simple (although that’s always a help); the best…