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Career Transitions into Tech: How Non-CS Graduates Are Breaking into the Industry

Career Transitions into Tech: How Non-CS Graduates Are Breaking into the Industry

February 24, 2026

The Myth of the CS Degree Requirement The most persistent myth in the technology industry is that you need a...

The Rise of the AI Product Manager: Tech’s Most In-Demand New Role

The Rise of the AI Product Manager: Tech’s Most In-Demand New Role

February 24, 2026

A New Role for a New Era of Software Every major technology shift creates its own management layer. The move...

Upskilling or Reskilling? How Companies Are (Failing to) Prepare Workers for AI

Upskilling or Reskilling? How Companies Are (Failing to) Prepare Workers for AI

February 23, 2026

Billions Spent. Skills Gaps Growing. U.S. corporate training expenditures reached $102.8 billion in 2025, up 4.9 percent from the prior...

The Tech Freelance Boom: Solo Developers, AI Augmentation, and the Future of Independent Work

The Tech Freelance Boom: Solo Developers, AI Augmentation, and the Future of Independent Work

February 23, 2026

The One-Person Software Company In 2016, building a SaaS application as a solo developer meant months of work on infrastructure,...

Women in Tech 2026: Progress, Stagnation, and the AI Gender Gap

Women in Tech 2026: Progress, Stagnation, and the AI Gender Gap

February 23, 2026

A Decade of Diversity Pledges, and the Numbers Barely Moved In 2014, Google published its first diversity report, revealing that...

Developer Burnout in the AI Era: Always-On Culture and the Mental Health Crisis in Tech

Developer Burnout in the AI Era: Always-On Culture and the Mental Health Crisis in Tech

February 23, 2026

The Paradox: Better Tools, Worse Wellbeing We have never had better tools. GitHub Copilot writes code. ChatGPT drafts documentation. CI/CD...

Salary Report 2026: What Tech Roles Pay in the Age of AI

Salary Report 2026: What Tech Roles Pay in the Age of AI

February 23, 2026

The AI Premium Is Real — But More Nuanced Than Headlines Suggest The single most impactful variable in tech compensation...

The Prompt Engineer Myth: What AI Skills Actually Get You Hired in 2026

The Prompt Engineer Myth: What AI Skills Actually Get You Hired in 2026

February 23, 2026

The Rise and Fall of the Hottest Job Title in Tech In early 2023, “prompt engineer” was everywhere. Media outlets...

The Human Edge: Why Soft Skills Are Tech’s Most Valuable Currency in 2026

The Human Edge: Why Soft Skills Are Tech’s Most Valuable Currency in 2026

February 22, 2026

There’s a cruel irony unfolding in the technology sector of 2026: the industry that spent decades lionizing “hard skills” —...

Bootcamp vs. University in 2026: Which Path Actually Gets You Hired in Tech?

Bootcamp vs. University in 2026: Which Path Actually Gets You Hired in Tech?

February 22, 2026

The Landscape in 2026: Four Paths to a Tech Career Today’s aspiring tech professionals have more routes into the industry...

Open Source in 2026: 180 Million Developers, 1 Billion Commits, and a Sustainability Crisis

Open Source in 2026: 180 Million Developers, 1 Billion Commits, and a Sustainability Crisis

February 22, 2026

The Numbers: Open Source at Planetary Scale GitHub’s latest data paints a picture of extraordinary growth: Metric 2023 2025 Growth...