Want to become a software engineer? Learn this. — What skills do you need to succeed as a software engineer? That can prove a difficult question, especially when you consider all the different types of software engineers. However, an analysis of the nation’s job postings can provide some vital clues. Before we dig into a huge dataset, let’s take…

And it’s not the only tech company in that position. — DoorDash plans on laying off 1,250 workers. In a note to employees, CEO Tony Xu blamed the cuts on overexuberant spending during the past few years. “The pandemic presented sudden and unprecedented opportunities to serve the evolving needs of merchants, consumers and Dashers,” he wrote. …

Twitter once had one of tech’s most liberal work-from-home policies. Not anymore. — When the pandemic began, Twitter was one of the biggest tech companies to allow employees to permanently work from home. “Opening offices will be our decision, when and if our employees come back, will be theirs,” read a note posted on Twitter’s official blog in May 2020. But within weeks…

Hint: He doesn’t blame it on spending billions on AR and VR. — Meta’s long-rumored layoffs have finally begun, and will impact roughly 13 percent of the company’s workforce, or 11,000 employees. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent a long letter to employees (available on Facebook’s PR website) breaking down what went wrong at the social-media giant: “At the start of Covid, the world…

Slowly but surely, Rust is gaining momentum. — If you’re looking for a new programming language to learn, you could do a lot worse than Rust. Originally created as a personal project by a researcher at Mozilla, Rust has become increasingly popular among software developers and engineers. According to the latest update to the TIOBE Index, which tracks…

It’s tricky times for tech. — Salesforce could lay off more than 2,500 workers in coming weeks, according to a new report. Anonymous sources (including “an industry source and a former employee”) told Protocol that the layoffs stem from a need to cut costs. Salesforce executives declined to comment. Salesforce already cut as many as 1,000…

But it isn’t the only tech giant either freezing or slowing hiring. — Microsoft has reportedly initiated layoffs. “Like all companies, we evaluate our business priorities on a regular basis, and make structural adjustments accordingly,” read Microsoft’s statement to CNBC. “We will continue to invest in our business and hire in key growth areas in the year ahead.” Although the company didn’t cite…

One very frisky walker offered a couple clues. — For nearly two decades, “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman has refused to reveal the origins of the zombie apocalypse driving the action in his comic series and its television spinoff. “I really was never interested in dealing with the cause of the zombie outbreak,” he once wrote. “My opinion…

The biggest languages are enjoying a dominant run. — The world’s biggest programming languages are only getting bigger. That’s according to the latest update to the TIOBE Index, which tracks the world’s most popular programming languages. Python, Java, C, and C++ have dominated the top of the TIOBE Index for years — and their collective market-share is only growing…