Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Apple's Changed the Game for Web Developers
With the release of iOS 9, Apple has triggered a crisis among Web developers and publishers. The root of that crisis is the new operating system’s ability to block ads on mobile websites. (LifeHa… -
Job-Interview Tips for Academics
Sooner or later, most academics wonder whether they should leave the university and join the commercial world. That decision is an extremely personal one: While the university system offers the c… -
Academia to Tech Company: Résumé Building
When tech companies want big brains to work on cutting-edge projects, they often head to academia, where some of the biggest brains are already hard at work on some of the world’s most pressing i… -
Writing a Letter of Resignation
Unless you intend to stay at your company until retirement (certainly a viable option, even in the fast-evolving world of tech), sooner or later you’re going to have to resign from your position.… -
Slack Concerned About Its Diversity
Although it’s not nearly the size of Apple, Google, or other tech giants, communications-startup Slack has followed their collective lead with its own diversity report, accompanied by a good deal… -
Facebook Co-Founder Thinks You're Stressed
Dustin Moskovitz, who co-founded Facebook along with Mark Zuckerberg and a handful of others, has a new posting on Medium in which he suggests that the tech industry is burning out its best and b… -
Résumé-Building When You Don't Have Skills
Sometimes you really want a particular job, and you honestly believe that you’d make a great fit, but you don’t have the skills listed in the job posting. What to do? Unfortunately, most employer… -
Apple Hunting for Machine-Learning Experts
Apple is on a hiring spree for machine-learning experts. According to Reuters, the tech giant wants at least 86 people who specialize in artificial intelligence and machine learning to join its r… -
What Recruiters Should Look for in Developers
What makes a great developer? That’s a vital question for recruiters and HR staffers, who need to find the best in order to ensure their companies succeed at building excellent new products. As a… -
Data Science at Startups Versus Large Firms
In a recent posting on Medium, Robert Chang, a data scientist at Twitter, described what it’s like to mine data for the social network. In the course of doing so, he offers some interesting insig…