Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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How Apple Could Affect the Self-Driving Job Market
Apple, normally the most secretive of companies, has lifted the curtain a tad on its plans for the automobile industry. “We’re focusing on autonomous systems,” Apple CEO Tim Cook told Bloomberg T… -
Kotlin Climbs TIOBE's Programming Language Rankings
June’s TIOBE Index reveals something interesting: Kotlin, a programming language that compiles to Java Virtual Machine (JVM) code as well as JavaScript source code, has broken into the top 50. (F… -
Hacking a Great Career in Project Management
An effective project manager boasts a strong portfolio of soft skills and hard technical knowledge. Without effective soft skills such as negotiation and management, a project can easily stall du… -
How to Hack Your Technology Job Hunt
As the old saying goes, hunting for a full-time job is a full-time job unto itself. Although tech-industry unemployment is lower than the national average, it still takes work to land a position… -
How Wearables Have Room for Improvement
If you’re a tech pro who’s interested in health technology, there are a few exciting arenas at the moment. One of the biggest is wearables, where a variety of companies — including Apple and FitB… -
Challenge and Triumph of Older Tech Workers
Ten years ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a pronouncement that would soon become infamous: “Young people are just smarter,” he told an audience at Stanford University. Despite the outcry o… -
Google's Jamboard Aims to One-Up the Whiteboard
A whiteboard is nothing fancy, but it gets the job done. A team armed with erasable markers can use it to plot out everything from algorithms to UX. Take a photo of your work, and you can preserv… -
Which Tech Pros Face a Shrinking Job Market?
It’s impossible to predict with absolute certainty which jobs will grow over the next decade or so, but we can make some pretty good guesses based on current trends. For example, it’s a near-cert… -
Google Assistant Bulks Out Features, Dev Tools
At Google’s annual I/O conference last week, the search-engine giant announced the availability of Google Assistant for iOS. The voice-activated digital assistant, which heavily leverages the use… -
Mobile App Devs See Revenue Skyrocket
You might find it hard to believe this, but people spend a lot of time on their smartphones. According to new data from App Annie, worldwide mobile-app downloads increased by 15 percent between 2…