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If You Want a Tech Job at Microsoft, Mastering This Skill Could Prove Key
Let’s say you want to land a job at Microsoft. Just like anyone else, though, you only have so much time and resources to master certain tech skills. Which skills should you focus on first? For a… -
Which Programming Languages Have Junior Technologists Mastered?
Given the demand for tech talent, many software-development teams are refocusing their hiring efforts on junior developers and engineers who recently graduated school. Managers figure these young… -
Top 30 Tech Skills That Google Wants This Quarter
Google has enormous resources and offices full of extremely smart people, but it nonetheless faces some big challenges. Governments are exploring antitrust lawsuits against the company; employees… -
Weekend Roundup: Jeff Bezos Thanks You; Netflix Thinks About Gaming
It’s the weekend! Before you shut down for a few days, let’s revisit some of the big tech stories from the week that you might have missed, including the Jeff Bezos space flight (actually, we’re… -
Which Soft Skills Do Employers Want Software Developers to Have?
When applying for jobs, software developers often take great care to emphasize their technical skills. However, when it comes to actually landing the position, your “soft skills” (such as empathy… -
Cyber Incident and Risk: Calculating the Costs to IT and Security
What does a major cyber incident cost these days? Over the past eight months, experts and researchers have sought to explain what these types of attacks can do to organizations, as well as the as… -
Top 10 States for Software Developer Demand and Salaries
For decades, Silicon Valley was widely considered the nation’s preeminent tech hub. Over the past several years, though, other states and cities have realized the benefits of encouraging a local… -
Which Banks and Financial Firms are Hiring Technologists, and For What?
Some financial-services firms and banks like to claim they’re essentially tech companies, given the number of technologists they hire and bleeding-edge research they fund. And when you read about… -
6 Ways to Improve Your Software Developer Skills On Your Own
Studies show that the productivity of great developers is three times that of an average developer and 10 times that of a below-average developer. It’s no wonder that the best in the software-dev… -
Apple Delays Office Reopening Due to Delta Variant
Apple has pushed back its office reopening date by a month due to concerns over the surging Delta coronavirus variant. According to The New York Times, Apple has set Oct. 1 as its new return-to-o…