BMW Layoffs 2026: What 8,000 Job Cuts Mean for Engineering Talent
BMW is cutting roughly 8,000 office and development jobs in Germany by the end of 2027. Here is what the German automotive retrenchment actually means for US engineering hiring.
Tom Kenaley
Network Engineer Career Path 2026: The Fork at Year Four
By Tom Kenaley, Co-Founder and President, KORE1 The network engineer career path moves from NOC technician to network architect over roughly ten years, with base pay running from about $62,000 to $218,000. Which branch you take around year four matters more than how fast you climb. The bottom rungs are shrinking. The top ones are … Read more
Data Analyst Career Path 2026: The Ladder Is Shorter Than You Think
By Tom Kenaley, Co-Founder and President, KORE1 The data analyst career path has four real levels, running from roughly $58,000 at entry to $185,000 at analytics lead, and most analysts reach the top of it within six to eight years. Then it stops. What comes after is not a promotion. It is a switch into … Read more
NetSuite Functional Consultant vs Technical Consultant: What’s the Difference?
By Tom Kenaley, Senior Partner and President, KORE1 A NetSuite functional consultant decides what the system should do and configures it natively. A technical consultant writes the SuiteScript and integrations for whatever configuration cannot reach. One owns the process. One owns the code. Sounds academic. It is not. Post the wrong req and it costs … Read more
Product Designer Salary Guide 2026
By Tom Kenaley, Senior Partner and President, KORE1 A U.S. product designer earns a median base near $115,000 in 2026, with most offers landing between $95,000 and $150,000, while senior designers at funded software companies clear $200,000 in total compensation. One title, a hundred-thousand-dollar spread. That is not bad data. That is what happens when … Read more
Rust Developer Salary Guide 2026
By Tom Kenaley, Senior Partner and President, KORE1 U.S. Rust developers earn a median base near $150,000 in 2026, with most offers landing between $125,000 and $190,000. Senior systems and blockchain specialists clear $210,000 to $300,000 in total compensation. The spread is not noise. Rust is a skill that sits inside four barely related jobs, … Read more
MSP vs VMS: Understanding Staffing Technology Models
By Tom Kenaley, Senior Partner and President, KORE1 A VMS is the software that runs a contingent workforce program, and an MSP is the outsourced team that runs the VMS and the program around it. One is a tool. The other is who holds it. Most companies find out the difference in the worst possible … Read more
MLOps Interview Questions 2026
The strongest MLOps interview questions in 2026 test custody of a live model, not modeling skill, asking whether a candidate can prove which version is serving, rebuild the artifact behind any prediction, and roll it back in minutes. Modeling talent is easy to screen for. Custody is not, and custody is the job. Most panels … Read more
IT Staff Augmentation Cost: Rates & Pricing Guide (2026)
By Tom Kenaley, Senior Partner and President, KORE1 IT staff augmentation in the United States costs $50 to $240 per hour in 2026, or roughly $8,700 to $41,500 per contractor per month. A mid-level software developer lands near $95 an hour. Cloud architects and AI engineers sit at the ceiling, help desk sits at the … Read more
NetSuite Implementation Guide: Team, Roles & Staffing Plan (2026)
By Tom Kenaley, Senior Partner and President, KORE1 A NetSuite implementation runs on a team of six to nine people, not one consultant: an executive sponsor, an internal project lead, business process owners, plus an external functional consultant, a technical developer, and an integration specialist. Get that mix wrong and the software is rarely what … Read more
