iOS Dev Career Advice

[@iCodeWithSwift]

I feel this completely. I love my iphone, Apple TV, MacBook, iPad, Apple Watch. I just love Apple and that’s why I decided to go with iOS development and Swift. I’m still learning but this journey has been so exciting and fun. I watched your video where you built the Tic Tac Toe game from scratch and it was the most inspiring thing I saw. It made me realize the possibilities are endless! I’m ready to go all in.

[@seanallen]

That's the exact reason I started iOS Dev as well. Best of luck on your journey 🚀

[@sebastianf9503]

❤❤❤ I feel exactly the same! 😁 It’s all about keep doing the work.

[@OthMar39]

I’m 30 years old, I decided to start learning iOS programming to start a new career path since my engineering path wasn’t that good… I’m planning to watch you Swift course as one of the first steps in the journey.

[@seanallen]

I started coding at 32. You got this 💪. Best of luck!

[@christostsangaris4785]

For someone who worked with Laravel (PHP), VueJS (Javascript), NuxtJS, Bootstrap/TailwindCSS, Swift, SwiftUI & UIKit, a little bit of devOps, WordPress, and some other things i don’t even recall right now, I decided that i had to choose what excites me more (iOS dev apparently) and stick to it. Its good to have knowledge of other languages and technologies, but you will never excel if you split your attention in so many places. Be the best at one thing, not just OK in many. My 2 cents (totally agree with Sean btw).

[@okjosh]

Lol yeah I’ve been a web dev for 20+ years and I’m beyond sick of it. I tried a bit of android development, and it was OK. Tried iOS development, and something about the Xcode IDE in the swift language really caught my interest.

[@seanallen]

I believe you have to go the path that is the most interesting to you. You'll be spending a TON of time doing it. Might as well like it.

[@jakeklawlor]

Definitely one of your most influential videos for me as a junior iOS developer. So many good points that made me feel more confident in the path I’ve chosen! Thanks Sean :)

[@seanallen]

Happy it was helpful, Jake!

[@arismendygill8792]

Was taking your Swift Programming Tutorial | FULL COURSE | Absolute Beginner, and It's an amazing intro and made me realized I would actually like to concentrate first on Android Development and learn KMM(Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile) Which you can use for the logic side, back end or business end how I've seen some people say, for both platforms leading to Native Apps in which all you have to code or do is the UI in it's native platform. I know I have a LONG! way to go, but after giving Web Development a try I felt it's not for me. Especially when it came to JavaScript, I noticed I under stand Kotlin much better for some reason, and Swift even better. Crazy thing is that most people used to tell me not to go into Mobile since it's way "Harder", but this is the route I decided to take. Wish me luck and lots of energy to persevere.

[@seanallen]

Best of luck on your journey, Arismendy!

[@jesuisalex5649]

Thank's you very much for this video, i'm a 30 and soon to start my dev journey in France and even tho the market is different here i found this video very resourceful !

[@welovfree]

I am starting my journey into Android but I like watching your videos.

[@jaylensmith6308]

Success is remembering the screenshot I took of my first code and remembering how much I struggled

[@seanallen]

It's always fun to look back at that first code :)

[@johncena3823]

Thank you for the video, Sean! I was losing motivation to study lately, this kind of videos help to stay on the track

[@seanallen]

Happy to help!

[@rahilcharniya6468]

Ur videos are really valuable i have been learning so much watching it hopefully i will be good developer

[@seanallen]

Happy to help!

[@Pharaoh_The_Great]

I’m learning both iOS and FE web at the same time…

[@Ravikanth_007]

Great video, You are such an inspiration. 🎉

[@seanallen]

Glad I could be helpful, Ravi

[@laurentb6563]

number 9 is sadly outdated now 😥 but loved all of the other 36!🙂🙂 It is also true that remote work can get old. I did it for a year and I really need something else now. Especially I miss a connection with a real team instead of some blurry images of my coworkers once in a while on my Mac screen. True that if you are in the wrong company, read wrong fit you might be better off working remotely and saving some horrible commutes ☺

[@lwa.dev74]

Thanks for the great content and advice in becoming and understanding how to think, live & work inside the iOS developer/development space. I am new too this and face the same struggles and frustration most people do when getting started, this is a incredibly inspiring and incite full advise.

[@altspecs342]

This is great Sean. Thank you.

[@seanallen]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@semilife]

Another very valuable video thanks for taking the time to make this Sean.

[@seanallen]

Happy to help, similife 👍

[@bryceellis112]

Sean I really resonate with these topics. I wanted to share a few struggles I have and some opportunities to maximize where I am at. Would be awesome for you to read and explain more about your chapters. For struggles, I resonated with Lesser Pay May be Right / Find the right fit because I'm very grateful for the iOS job I have but I feel like I did take the first offer, better pay but maybe not the best opportunity. I was wondering if you could share personal experiences why you think this. Maybe I did put myself in a non-ideal situation, maybe there's potential in my role. What alarmed me is I am the only iOS Developer in a fairly large company, didn't quite realize this / know to ask during the interview processes. I recently moved to Austin which is a tech hub. Would you say it's better to spend 2-3 years in one tech hub or try other places as well? I see myself starting a podcast to build my online presence

[@seanallen]

Hey Bryce... yes, the team is SO important. A good team is better than a higher salary any day (for the long-term prospects of your career). As for location... If you feel your network is good, opportunities are abundant, and you like the city... then there's no reason to move. But if you don't feel that way, then I would try another.

[@Omnivrr]

Sean is the PatrickJMT of iOS developers!

[@RS4P]

It’s really disappointing that Apple doesn’t allow Windows or Linux to install Xcode without any detours

[@llegenda-r3c]

Sir is Mac mini m2 16/256 Gb enough for hardcore xcode swift development. Mac mini m2 good for coding 12hrs per day pls reply sir

[@Eliel10268]

Yes it is

[@llegenda-r3c]

@@Eliel10268 it's late I already buy Dell g 15.

[@MobileDeveloper1965]

My success is to submit an app to the Apple Store.

[@EllyOguttu]

amazing content will have to reqatchthis over and over

[@jigmetdadul335]

Just the video I always needed

[@seanallen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@soheilpakgohar6630]

You’re right Sean

[@seanallen]

Hope the video is helpful, Soheil.

[@EmanNollase]

awesome video!! QQ: Is it possible to share your resume template in word doc? or if not sketch file? thanks a lot!

[@AmitBiswastunebox]

Hey Sean very nicely explained,

[@seanallen]

Glad you enjoyed it, Amit

[@MobileDeveloper1965]

My younger sister is in Apple. She is 54.

[@pereira4097]

thanks man!

[@seanallen]

No problem!

[@goisborges]

Great video! Just one detail, it's "repetition", not "repitition"

[@seanallen]

bah... spelling 😂

[@froadindan8695]

Sean, are there any specific podcasts you would recommend?

[@seanallen]

I mainly listen to Swift by Sundell and Under the Radar. A lot of the podcasts I used to listen to aren't around anymore.

[@froadindan8695]

@@seanallen Pretty sure it was you I heard about Fireside Swift from, I really miss that one, but I'll be sure to check out these recommendations as well. Thanks for all your guidance!

[@faramarzzrn]

the problem is that companies want android and ios developer skills together, or want swift and java/kotlin together even for junior jobs, it is not possible somehow,

[@seanallen]

I'm sure this is the case some of the time. But there's certainly a TON of jobs available that allow you to focus on only iOS development. This is also market/location dependent.

[@faramarzzrn]

@@seanallen i really hope so. I got into the tutorial hunting loop 😔😞 5tb of tutorials on my laptop.... Different languages different field of works. if there is good market for only and native ios junior developer job. I start to do learning it. To get hired in a company

[@cirjeex6412]

Hey Sean, thanks for this! As a newbie ios developer, I've been struggling badly with doing projects on my own. Everyone says build projects, but no one ever says how and what to do when faced with seemingly insurmountable hurdles. Any advice? Also this could be a good topic to cover in the future.

[@seanallen]

Maybe this video on portfolio app ideas can help - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGm7fGdnnrmHoa8

[@seanallen]

Or this video about app ideas in general - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqLWmmNpr8Rqgpo

[@cirjeex6412]

@@seanallen Thanks, we'll check out both.

[@javohirmahmudov4532]

I wanna be IOS developer bro

[@seanallen]

Do it

[@kittikondodchae1564]

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