Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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How a Top Apple Exec Hires
As senior vice president of Apple’s retail arm, Angela Ahrendts needs to do a lot of hiring, often for mission-critical positions. That places a lot of pressure on her interviewing technique: If… -
JavaScript Tops GitHub's Popular Languages
GitHub recently published a breakdown of the most popular languages on its site, and the results are wholly unsurprising. For the second year in a row, JavaScript tops the site’s rankings, follow… -
Job-Seeking Tips for Older Tech Pros
In recent years, it seems as if tech has evolved into an industry that lionizes the young. Despite all the press about 21-year-old rock-star developers and 30-year-old CEOs, though, there’s still… -
Sysadmins, Check Out Google's Data Center Papers
If you’re an enterprise architect or systems administrator, you know how a data center works—and if your career spans several years, chances are good that you’ve dealt with some pretty massive sy… -
Amazon Article Sparks Work-Life Debate
This weekend, The New York Times published a lengthy report about working conditions for white-collar workers at Amazon. Describing the e-commerce giant as a “bruising workplace,” the report pain… -
What Are the Top Languages of 2015?
What are the most popular programming languages of 2015 (so far)? A few weeks ago, IEEE Spectrum combined data from a variety of sources—including GitHub and its own digital library—in order to r… -
Communicating Your Startup's Collapse
You gave your own business a shot, and failed. While that’s depressing, having an imploded startup (or three) on your resume is a badge of honor in tech hubs like Silicon Valley, where failure is… -
7 Tips for Tech Recruiting on Twitter
Tech pros are extremely active on Twitter, but recruiting them via the social network can prove a tricky business. Here are some quick tips for doing so, courtesy of Dice’s 7 Steps to a Tech Recr… -
Is Your State Losing Tech Jobs?
Pop quiz: What’s the fastest-growing state for technology jobs? You might be tempted to say California or New York, or even North Carolina. But according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor… -
Startups: Lock Down Social Before Launch
It seems to happen every couple of years. A major company launches a new initiative, backed by millions of dollars in cash and some brilliant people at the helm, only to forget one crucial detail…