Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Where Does Your State Rank in Salary Growth?
Tech pro salaries are on the rise, according to the latest Dice Salary Survey. But where have those salaries grown the fastest? Dice’s latest interactive visualization can give you a solid idea o… -
Check Out the Highest-Paying Tech Skills
The average technology salary in the U.S. leapt 7.7 percent in 2015, according to the latest Dice Salary Survey. But which technologies and skillsets drew the highest payouts? Short answer: anyth… -
A Lab for Learning Wolfram Language
Stephen Wolfram, famous among developers and researchers as the creator of the Mathematica software platform, is offering a new way to learn the Wolfram Language, which gives tech pros the abilit… -
What Makes a Good Web Developer?
The rise of Website-building platforms such as Squarespace gives people more tools for creating and maintaining Websites. But access to nifty templates and analytics doesn’t negate the need for t… -
Handling an Impossible Job Description
We’ve all seen them: job descriptions that ask candidates to possess dozens of wildly different skills. The employer doesn’t just seem to want a mobile developer experienced in building apps for… -
Prepping for Your Salary Negotiation
Whether you’re already employed, or looking for your next great gig, sooner or later you’ll have to negotiate with a company about salary. While everybody’s circumstances are always a little diff… -
The Most Popular Bad Passwords of 2015
For years, security experts have told people they need better passwords protecting their online accounts: no more “123456” or “qwerty” or “password.” Based on SplashData’s fifth annual list of th… -
Breaking Into an Entry-Level Tech Job
According to Dice’s latest hiring survey, more than a quarter (27 percent) of hiring managers said they planned to hire entry-level candidates—a nine-point increase from 2014. Another 62 percent… -
Apple Watch Unlikely to Change Radically
For any developer building mobile apps, a new hardware announcement from Apple (or one of the dozens of Android device manufacturers) is not only cause for curiosity, but also a bit of worry: wha… -
Voluntary Quits Among Tech Pros Stay High
As 2015 reached its close, tech professionals still felt optimistic about the economy, or at least their own chances of landing a new position: According to just-released data from the Bureau of…