Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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How Much Will Experience Increase My Salary?
The longer you spend in the technology industry, the more you can expect to earn. According to the new Dice Salary Survey, tech pros with significant levels of experience under their proverbial b… -
Game-Development Engines for Newbies and Pros
Lots of people want to build video games, but have no idea where to start. Fortunately, there are a handful of prominent game-development platforms out there, and their cost has radically dropped… -
Game Devs: Check Out Amazon's Lumberyard
Over the past few years, the producers of major game-development platforms such as Unity and Unreal made an effort to democratize their respective products, mostly by slashing prices. From a busi… -
Tech Job Titles With the Highest Salaries
The average annual technology salary in the U.S. hit $96,370 in 2015, according to the annual salary survey from Dice. Depending on experience, skill-set, and geographical location, some tech pro… -
Mozilla Wants to Become an IoT Player
A few years ago, Mozilla dipped its toe into the smartphone arena with Firefox OS, a mobile operating system designed to compete head-on against Google Android, Apple’s iOS, and other players in… -
Should You Develop for iOS or Android?
When you’re an independent mobile-app developer, you’re often strapped for time and resources. In contrast to the big software-development firms, which can afford to throw hundreds of developers,… -
Mobile Apps Have Limited Time to Succeed
Gaming led worldwide app downloads for iOS and Google Android in 2015, according to an annual report from app-analytics firm App Annie (PDF). On iOS, photo and video apps came in second place, by… -
Skills You'll Need to Break Into Virtual Reality
Apple is building a large “secret team” for a foray into virtual reality, according to the Financial Times. If confirmed, that would mean Apple plans on joining Google, HTC, Facebook, Sony, and S… -
Top 10 Cities for Tech Salary Growth
Dice’s annual Salary Survey broke down the highest-paying tech skills. But which U.S. cities are paying tech pros the most on average? In addition to the usual suspects such as Silicon Valley and… -
With Tech Résumés, Think Depth, Not Breadth
If you’ve read the latest Dice Salary Survey, you know that the average salary for technology professionals in the U.S. is higher than ever—up 7.7 percent to $96,370 annually. And that growth isn…