Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Are Most Developers Interested in New Jobs?
Only a fraction of developers are actively looking for a new job, according to the latest developer survey from Stack Overflow. Some 62.1 percent of developers said they weren’t actively looking… -
Uber's Diversity Numbers Lag Other Firms
Some 15 percent of the technical employees at Uber are women, according to a new Bloomberg article. That lags the percentage of technical employees who are women at Facebook, Google, Airbnb, and… -
Which Game Platforms are Attracting Developers?
What gaming platform has the most developer momentum behind it? According to a survey taken earlier this year by the Game Developers Conference (GDC), the PC continues to dominate; of the 4,500 d… -
JavaScript, Java Top RedMonk's New Language List
RedMonk has (finally!) issued the latest edition of its bi-annual programming-language rankings. This time around, the analyst firm stuck to its usual process of evaluating programming languages.… -
Y Combinator Investing in A.I. Track
Tech incubator Y Combinator is devoting a “vertical group” to artificial-intelligence companies. The program will offer those A.I. startups a grab-bag of useful perks, including office hours with… -
Google Boosts Language Recognition Tools
Google has upgraded certain aspects of its artificial-intelligence tools. Those upgrades include a major one to the open-source SyntaxNet (Github link), giving the platform a keener understanding… -
Companies That Don't Use Whiteboarding Interviews
Let’s admit it: there’s not a whole lot of love out there for the whiteboard interview. Maybe it’s because programmers and other tech pros are used to typing code, and so writing it out longhand… -
Trump Giving H-1B Visas 'Comprehensive Look'
Will President Trump reform H-1B visas? Even if he plans to do so, it likely won’t happen in the short term. During a March 8 press conference, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told the au… -
How Long Does It Take to Become CTO?
How long does it take a tech pro to become a company’s CTO? Agil8, a consulting and training group based in London, recently analyzed the careers of tech’s most prominent CTOs and technology head… -
Google Unveils Cloud Video Intelligence API
Google continues to make inroads into developer tools for artificial intelligence. At this week’s Google Cloud Next ’17 conference, the search-engine giant unveiled the Cloud Video Intelligence A…