Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Let Microsoft Guess How Old You Are
Feeling good? Ready for the weekend? Pumped about life? Microsoft can change that in a hurry: Just upload your photo to the tech giant’s How-Old.net, so its algorithms can attempt to guess how ol… -
Bad Manager? Blame the Peter Principle
The Peter Principle suggests that all employees manage to rise to the level of their incompetence; that is to say, everybody is promoted until their skills and strengths no longer align with thei… -
Tech Hiring Trends Q1 2015: Unemployment Dips (Again)
Employment data from the first quarter of 2015 suggests that the technology industry’s hiring momentum continued virtually unchecked into the new year, with the unemployment rate averaging 2.3 pe… -
At Build, Microsoft Pushing Windows 10 Hard
Microsoft’s Build 2015 conference, which runs from April 29 through May 1 in San Francisco, has a singular purpose: Sell independent developers on the concept of Windows 10, due later this year.… -
What's the Best Font to Use for Resumes?
Over at Bloomberg, there’s a very interesting discussion among a group of “typography wonks” about the best (and worst) fonts for a resume. The consensus? Helvetica, considered the most professio… -
Apple Watch Teardown Reveals Its Big Secrets
Today is the official launch day of the Apple Watch, although many people will need to wait weeks—or even months, depending on the model they preordered—for their device to actually arrive in the… -
The Creative Resume That Interested Airbnb
Over at Business Insider, there’s a short piece on a most unusual resume. Reportedly tired of applying for a job at Airbnb and receiving no answer, a young marketing pro named Nina Mufleh decided… -
Analytics Suggest Gender Bias in Job Postings
In March, Kieran Snyder, CEO of machine-learning firm Textio, published a piece in Fortune that teased out the stark differences in how men and women write resumes. By using her company’s softwar… -
Yahoo Called Its Layoffs a ‘Remix.’ Don’t Do That.
Things aren’t fantastic at Yahoo at the moment. Despite a renewed focus on mobile and an influx of skilled developers and engineers, the company still struggles to define its place on the modern… -
'Real' Star Destroyer Selling on Craigslist
Did you see the latest trailer for the next Star Wars movie? A lot of people were blown away by one of the first images, which shows the wreck of an Imperial Star Destroyer half-buried in the san…