Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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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… -
Employment Strong Heading Into 2016: BLS
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that the U.S. economy created 292,000 non-farm jobs in December, with the unemployment rate unchanged at 5.0 percent. The Professional and Busine… -
Will Oculus Rift's High Price Scare Developers?
It’s a bit of an understatement to say that a lot of people were looking forward to purchasing an Oculus Rift, arguably the most prominent virtual-reality headset. Then Oculus, a Facebook subsidi… -
Java: Top Programming Language of 2015
What was the most popular programming language of 2015? According to the TIOBE Index, Java took that coveted spot, winning out over C, Python, PHP, and other languages. TIOBE updates its rankings… -
Mobile-App Economy Going Strong in 2016
The mobile-app economy generated 1.66 million jobs in the United States by December 2015, according to a new report from the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI). That’s up from 750,000 jobs in 201… -
R.I.P. Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10
For any Web developer who ever rolled their eyes and groaned at the prospect of using Internet Explorer, your moment of schadenfreude has arrived: on January 12, Microsoft plans on ending support…