trending – Devstyler.io https://devstyler.io News for developers from tech to lifestyle Sun, 05 Jan 2025 23:14:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 The Tech Hiring Landscape: Key Trends and Top Jobs https://devstyler.io/blog/2024/04/29/the-tech-hiring-landscape-key-trends-and-top-jobs/ Sun, 28 Apr 2024 22:18:50 +0000 https://devstyler.io/?p=125073 ...]]> As 2024 progresses, businesses are increasingly engaged in aligning with the leading trends in technology hiring. According to Robert Half Technology’s 2024 IT Salary Report, key areas of focus include cloud computing, DevOps, digital transformation, as well as enhanced security and privacy measures. Additionally, there is a strong push to advance development frameworks, artificial intelligence (AI), automation processes, system upgrades, and data integration and analytics. The survey reveals that 61% of managers are gearing up to hire for new positions, while 34% aim to fill roles left vacant.

The competition for top talent is intense. Nearly two-thirds (64%) of tech workers are considering new job opportunities, and a staggering 90% of technology managers report challenges in recruiting skilled candidates. In response, many are expediting their hiring processes. Furthermore, the report suggests that 89% of tech professionals are willing to return to the office full-time if the compensation is right, highlighting the influence of salary on retention strategies.

When setting salary levels, businesses need to consider various factors including competition, geographical location, corporate culture, and budget constraints.

Here’s a look at the 15 most sought-after tech roles for 2024:

  1. Systems Security Manager
  2. Network/Cloud Architect
  3. Applications Architect
  4. IT Director
  5. ERP Integration Manager
  6. Big Data Engineer
  7. Data Security Analyst
  8. Data Scientist
  9. DevOps Engineer
  10. Network Security Engineer
  11. Senior Web Developer
  12. Database Developer
  13. Software Engineer
  14. Network/Cloud Engineer
  15. Help Desk Support Manager
]]> Zoom Created New Basic Programming Language “Noulith” https://devstyler.io/blog/2022/12/26/zoom-created-new-basic-programming-language-noulith/ Mon, 26 Dec 2022 10:03:07 +0000 https://devstyler.io/?p=96738 ...]]> Brian Chen, a software security engineer at Zoom, created a new programming language called Noulith. Built on Rust, Chen drew inspiration from Robert Nystrom’s book Crafting Interpreters. Gustav Westling and Dmitry Cheriasov are also key authors who inspired the creation of Noulith.

This new programming language is trending on the Internet because of its key feature of producing correct results. No matter what your syntax, Noulith claims to be more than accurate. Brian Chen explains that he will constantly update the code for the sake of improving it.

Here are the key features of Noulith

  • Operator precedence is resolved at runtime.
  • Everything here is an infix operator, so, nearly everything can be partially applied. 
  • Noulith doesn’t distinguish between sets and dictionaries. Here, the lists are brackets. Dictionaries are curly braces. It doesn’t care about a separate set type, but dictionaries often behave quite like their sets of keys.
  • Operator precedence is customisable and resolved at runtime, so you will always get error-free results. 
  • It is dynamically typed with no whitespace or indentation-sensitive. 
  • Here, you can declare variables with ‘:=.’ and everything is an expression.
  • No classes or members or whatever; it’s just global functions all the way down. Or up. At the highest level, statements are C/Java/Scala-style 
  • For loops, you can use left arrows and double-headed arrows for index-value or key-value pairs.
  • Prefix operators might be tricky. So, when you are in doubt, parenthesise the operand.

However, it seems that the developer community is not impressed with this new programming language and calls it a rudimentary “screaming thought” – rather an improved version of C++.

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