Netflix CEO explains why he pays technologists huge salaries

For years, Netflix has maintained a reputation as a company that pays its technologists huge salaries. Data has backed up that assertion; for example, | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

H-1B Denials: Which Tech Companies Are Getting Hit the Hardest?

Denial rates for initial H-1B applications continue to rise, according to a new analysis by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP). But not | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Weekend Roundup: Top Secret Spy iPod; Uber’s California Armageddon

An iPod converted into a spy device, Uber and Lyft's moment of truth in California, and Facebook's controversial VR decision marked the week. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Why the Cybersecurity Skills Gap Continues to Widen

Security is more top-of-mind than ever for companies. And yet the cybersecurity skills gap remains, with important positions unfilled. Why? | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Reasons PHP Is Still a Great Language

PHP was first created in 1994. In the context of tech, 1994 may as well be 1894. Several other programming languages have popped up since PHP and gained | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Hadoop Developer Interview Questions: What to Know to Land the Job

Interested in Apache Hadoop as a building block of your tech career? While you’re on the job hunt, Hadoop developer interview questions will explore | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Do Technologist Parents Feel Supported by Employers?

As the COVID-19 pandemic grinds on, many a technologist may find themselves in a particular conundrum: They must balance out their daily workload with the | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Virtual Internships: Pathways to Success for Companies

COVID-19 has accelerated the trends many companies were already beginning to embrace, including the idea of virtual internships. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Top Jobs, Skills That Apple Is Hiring For

If you’re interested in working for Apple, there’s some good news: the company is looking for a broad range of tech skills. If you manage to score an | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

What H-1B Software Engineers Make at IBM, Oracle, Salesforce, More

How much do H-1B software engineers and developers make at the largest of the enterprise software firms such as IBM and Oracle? | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Work-from-Home Future: Now's the Time to Think About Security

With the number of COVID-19 cases in flux across the U.S., and autumn approaching fast, the work-from-home workforce now appears more permanent | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Want a Job at Google? Embrace Your Cloud Skills

In theory, getting a job at Google is even harder than getting a job at an investment bank. Google usually receives roughly three million job | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Learning AWS: Custom CloudWatch Metrics from Your App

CloudWatch is the AWS service for gathering data about the resources you’re using. It includes logs and graphs to help you analyze data such as processor | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Weekend Roundup: Uber Threatens to Shut Down, ‘Halo’ Delayed

What a week, huh? Before you shut down for the weekend, here are some of the week’s top stories, including a big showdown for Uber and the gig economy, a | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Are Technologists Fleeing Silicon Valley Because of Covid-19?

Are technologists fleeing Silicon Valley? Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, that’s emerged as a key question, especially since a number of local tech | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Program Manager Salary: 5 Key Things You Need to Know

A program manager has a difficult and complex job, which is why a program manager salary is often quite high. Technologists in this role must multi-task | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Consider a Product Strategist as Part of Your Team

Best practices software development strategy includes having a product strategist as a guide. It’s different from others in a software delivery setup. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Twitter’s Crypto Hacking Scandal: A Wake-Up Call for Security

What can other organizations learn from Twitter’s security shortcomings? Here’s a few suggestions from some key cybersecurity experts. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Top Technology Skills and Jobs That Employers Want, August

How is the COVID-19 pandemic impacting what companies are hiring for, in terms of technology skills and jobs? We have data. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

What Trump's New H-1B Order Means for Federal Subcontractors

President Trump’s recent executive order will require federal agencies to review their use of subcontractors that rely on “temporary foreign labor.” What | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Top Enterprise Programming Languages: Python and More

For many technologists, developing software for the enterprise holds a certain appeal. For example, you get to build things used by millions (potentially | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Tech Career Fairs Are Adapting to the Covid-19 Pandemic

Universities, tech companies and industry organizations are turning to virtual career fairs to connect job seekers and employers. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Want to Learn Quantum Computing? Here's Your Reading List

If you want to future-proof your technology career in finance (among other segments), you probably need to learn about quantum computing. As we've noted | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Going Serverless with AWS Lambda and API Gateway

On AWS, you can accomplish serverless programming using AWS Lambda, a service whereby you upload code in the form of functions that are triggered. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

UX Designer Salary: 5 Important Things to Know

How much can UX designers earn? That’s a crucial question if you’re thinking of getting into UX (i.e., user experience design). An excellent UX designer | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Startups' Layoffs Continue to Level Off Despite Covid-19 Pandemic

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, many startups radically adjusted their operations in order to stay alive. Sometimes that meant budget cuts, or | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Blizzard Highlights Tech Pay Transparency Issues

At Blizzard, the studio responsible for games such as “Overwatch” (seen above) and the “World of Warcraft” franchise, some software engineers make more | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Overcoming the Evolving DevOps Skills Gap

In 2019, the DevOps Institute’s annual Upskilling Report stated that automation process, cloud analytics and soft skills (such as communication | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Python, R, Other Programming Languages Thriving Long-Term

If you’ve seen any of the programming-language rankings that analyst firms regularly publish, you know that the languages in those rankings’ upper tiers | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Top Mobile Programming Languages Include Java, C

Over the past few years, a number of upstart programming languages have emerged in the mobile-development arena, looking to supplant “old guard” languages | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Scaling A.I. While Navigating the Current Uncertainty

The time for A.I. experimentation is over. We have arrived at the point where A.I. has to produce results and drive real revenue. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Weekend Roundup: Big Tech CEOs in the Hot Seat, Musk’s Biggest A.I. Fear

It’s not every week that some of the biggest names in tech—specifically the CEOs of Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Google—end up on the same forum together, | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Technical Writer Salary and Career: 4 Big Questions Answered

Many organizations rely on a technical writer for everything from whitepapers to product manuals and online help portals. They’re vital players when | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Top Programming Languages for Web Development: Python and More

It’s worth looking at IEEE Spectrum’s top languages for web development. Some of the world’s most popular programming languages top this list. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Microsoft Study Finds Remote Work Can Equal Longer Hours

When the COVID-19 lockdowns began earlier this year, a group of data scientists and other technologists at Microsoft decided to conduct a little | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Tips from Technologists Who Landed Jobs During Covid-19

Although our research shows that technologists have fared better than workers in many other occupations during the pandemic, landing a job in | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Is Your Company Supporting Diversity and Inclusion Movements?

For years, the technology industry has wrestled mightily with issues related to diversity and inclusion. Tech companies large and small have worked to | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Dice Tech Job Q2 Offers Optimism for Tech Industry

How is the COVID-19 pandemic impacting the job market? The latest edition of the Dice Tech Job Report analyzed data from the second quarter, | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Google Extends Covid-19 Remote-Work Policy to Mid-2021

Google is extending its employees’ work-from-home mandate until July 2021 at the earliest, according to reports. The Wall Street Journal was | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

What H-1B Software Engineers Make at Google, Apple, Facebook, More

How much are software engineers on the H-1B visa making at some of the nation’s largest tech companies? At first glance, the answer seems simple: quite a | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Helping Employees Cope with the Invisible Stress of Covid-19

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a lot of stress among employees. Here are some steps that one company is taking to address this. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Weekend Roundup: Ubisoft’s Culture Reset, Tesla’s New Factory

The new Tesla factory site, big changes for Ubisoft's culture, and Facebook's newest A.I. project were some of the big stories from the week. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

How Will the H-1B Ban Impact Technologists' Plans?

How do technologists feel about the temporary ban on H-1B visas? Blind, which anonymously surveys tech-industry workers, found that quite a | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Android Basics in Kotlin: Google's New Beginner Course

The company’s new online course, Android Basics in Kotlin, could give you the crucial knowledge necessary to put your very own apps together. | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Is Covid-19 Spiking Burnout Rates Among Technologists?

New data suggests that technologists are wrestling with heightened rates of burnout due to COVID-19. What can be done about the issue? | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Facebook Diversity Report Shows Incremental Progress

Facebook’s latest diversity report shows it’s making incremental progress in diversifying its employee ranks, with regard to both race and | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Top Companies Hiring Technologists

Which companies are hiring technologists right now?  For the answer, we turned to Burning Glass, which collects and analyzes millions of job postings | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago

Amazon Adjusts Covid-19 Work-from-Home Policy

Amazon has told its corporate employees that they can work from home until January 2021, according to new reports. That makes it the latest company to | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 3 years ago