Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Tech Unemployment Continues to Fall
Unemployment among tech pros dropped to 1.9 percent in April, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s the lowest unemployment rate since June 2008. Not all technolo… -
Zappos and the Risks of Innovative Management
Some people dream of working in a place with no bosses, where management isn’t breathing down their neck every second of the day. But a sizable chunk of Zappos employees, confronted by a new orga… -
Best-Paying IT Security Jobs of 2015
It’s no secret that tech pros with extensive IT security backgrounds are in high demand, especially in the wake of last year’s high-profile hacks of major companies such as Sony and Home Depot. A… -
Windows 10: The Last Version of Windows
Windows 10 will reportedly be the last version of Windows. No, Microsoft isn’t going out of business; rather, the tech giant has decided to stop looking at Windows as a series of distinct release… -
Google's Plan to Solve Its Diversity Issue
A year ago, Google released some data about its workplace diversity, which showed that the search-engine giant’s employees were 70 percent male and 61 percent white (see the graph above for a fur… -
Google's Secret Retention Tactic: The Bench
Over at Business Insider, there’s an interesting piece on an unusual technique that Google employs to keep its best and brightest from drifting to other companies: Paying them enormous amounts of… -
Oculus Rift Gets a Release Date
Oculus Rift, arguably the most prominent virtual-reality headset at the moment, will apparently ship in the first quarter of 2016. Oculus VR, the Facebook subsidiary that builds Oculus Rift, anno… -
Apple Watch Survives Consumer Reports Dunking
Consumer Reports recently subjected the Apple Watch and 10 other smartwatches to a gauntlet of warranty-violating tests, all in the name of figuring out which one is best with regard to durabilit… -
Should You Learn a Little-Known Programming Language?
Ask a group of developers to rattle off the world’s most popular programming languages, and they’ll likely name the usual suspects: JavaScript, Java, Python, Ruby, C++, PHP, and so on. Ask which… -
Steve Jobs' Lessons for Growing a Business
What’s the key to growing a lasting tech business? According to Guy Kawasaki, a Silicon Valley executive and one of the first Apple evangelists, there are actually 10 of them—all of which he lear…