Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Salaries Skyrocketing at Some Tech Firms
How much can a tech pro get paid? According to Bloomberg, a hot Chinese startup, Beijing ByteDance Technology Co., is hiring specialized tech pros for enormous sums—as much as $3 million per year… -
Microsoft Has Big Plans for Quantum Computing
Quantum computing is a subject that will potentially melt your brain. It’s incredibly complicated, and yet it could potentially change how every tech pro on the planet does their job. At its Igni… -
Software Architects Earning Top Dollar: Report
What’s in a job title? A better salary, for one thing. According to new survey data from infrastructure-automation firm Puppet, tech pros with “architect” in their title make far more than sysadm… -
Automation Isn't Slowing DevOps Pay: Report
Developers at larger organizations pull down bigger salaries. Seems pretty straightforward, right? But you might be surprised at the size of the gap. According to a new survey of software and Dev… -
Companies Even Hungrier for Cloud, Docker Talent
The country’s biggest companies are embracing containers and cloud platforms such as Cloud Foundry. That’s ratcheting up pressure on recruiters and hiring managers to find tech talent skilled in… -
Big Mistakes to Avoid When Negotiating Salary
One of the most emotionally fraught aspects of the hiring process is the salary negotiation. Talking about money makes people nervous; and if that wasn’t enough, there’s the pervasive fear that a… -
Python: What's Behind Its Fast Growth?
Earlier this month, Stack Overflow crunched some data and concluded that Python is possibly the world’s fastest-growing programming language. In a new blog posting, the Website has begun to explo… -
Apple Watch is the New iPod. Seriously.
Sixteen years ago, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs introduced the iPod with a unique sales pitch. “This amazing little device holds a thousand songs,” he told the audience. “And it goes right in my p… -
Big Firms Adopting Containers, Cloud Platforms
The country’s biggest companies are embracing containers and cloud platforms such as Cloud Foundry. That’s the conclusion of analyst firm RedMonk, which recently analyzed usage of cloud-native te… -
Python: World's Fastest-Growing Programming Language?
Python is possibly the fastest-growing “big” programming language, according to a new analysis by Stack Overflow. “June 2017 was the first month that Python was the most visited tag on Stack Over…