Blessed indeed!

that's insane. wow, i didnt imagine it'd be SO difficult to find work in this field. hmmm. im considering a career change in this field.

Absolutely man!

Thank you so much!

I appreciate it Joe! It was a grind for sure. It's the culmination of luck, hard work, and giving it lots of time.

Indeed!

Glad you thought so!

Thank you so much for stopping by. Happy to share my experiences and hopefully encourage and help others too.

You're welcome!

Thank you so much Jason!

100%! It's a grind but it definitely can be done. A CS degree is a nice thing to have on the resume too. Good luck!

Can you ping the link of the course here

I couldn't agree more! Thanks for being a trailblazer for all the people like me who have gotten into tech more recently :)

You're welcome!

My pleasure!

Marcus! I really appreciate it :)

Glad to hear it!

Thanks Jimmy! And yeah, really the only things I'd change if I could go back is to start an unpaid internship right away. And appreciate the feedback! I will definitely reduce the volume level there for upcoming vids🤘 Still new to this whole thing but slowly learning :)

Good luck!

Thank you Grant!

Thank you :)

Thank you Kyle! My goal with is was to paint what I believe to be an accurate picture for the majority of people attempting to break into iOS. I think there can be harm to people who are only seeing the sensationalized success stories that can be like "McDonalds to $250K Google developer in 60 days!!!!". The reality is for most of us(without a CS background) it's a long dark road to finally come out on the other side. Thanks again for stopping by.

My pleasure. Glad to hear that.

You're welcome! Good luck and lmk if you ever have questions.

Thank you sir

Happy to share!

Thanks for checking it out! Just subbed to your channel and looking forward to your content :)

Glad you enjoyed it Tayyab!

Yeah that's so interesting. I think people like me who started in the past couple years take it for granted that there are so many quality resources for learning as well as all the updates Apple has made that make it easier to build stuff.

@@DaveJacobseniOS Absolutely. And I think the best part is the community that's built up around it now. It's the best job in the world!

Thanks for checking it out!

@@DaveJacobseniOS I am starting my journey. Literally just playing on Swift Playground and I really enjoy it. Just like you, I always used apple products so this makes me want to learn swift and Xcode. Your videos are very helpful to understand how to start with all of this!

I’m happy to hear that! One step at a time and remember to enjoy each step. It’s a long journey. Reach out to me anytime I can answer questions for you👍

Thank you sir. It was hard indeed but so worth it.

Glad to hear it! I did feel pretty prepared for the internship in my case but my first job it was a lot of learning on the job. Good luck with your journey!

@@DaveJacobseniOS Thank you!

That's tough my dude. I totally agree though, there are so many different life situations for different people that ultimately determine what is best. I know you're grinding, just keep trusting the process!

@@DaveJacobseniOS Yup! It’s a numbers game! I have the hope :)

Thank you! 🙂

That's a really tough question. People have built successful startups from both routes but native iOS has its advantages so what a lot try and do is launch for iOS first and then do Android later on.

I mostly just put together a big study of common iOS technical questions. Things like ARC, class vs struct, etc. I did most basic algorithm studying too but didn't go too deep into that since most places I interviewed weren't asking algorithm based questions. I can relate though of not always knowing what to prioritize to take yourself from a jr to the next level of experience and pay. Good luck!

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Absolutely. Hope you and fam are thriving as well!

Sadly many places do a poor job with candidate follow up but good luck!

I found it on AngelList. It's mostly young companies on there looking for unpaid interns. iOS internships(for non students) are almost non existent outside of that.

It’s definitely not needed but it was the right path for me.

I think it can be a great way to give yourself an edge over other candidates since most don't do that. I open sourced all my app store apps and there were several times that employers mentioned they looked through some code. It can help some concerns from employers vs if they can't see any of your code.

My opinion is that because the competition is so high for entry level roles, it is not enough to just know the skills of iOS development anymore to get you a job. What gets you a job is knowing the skills COMBINED with separating yourself from all the other candidates. My latest vid talks about this and provides tactic to do that.

No longer in Utah but still doing iOS! And definitely, my LinkedIn page is in my channel About section👍

It's so crazy. There are good ones out there but so many are less than stellar 🤨

A long time. The vid explains how long I was in the different stages leading up to my first job offer.

She is the greatest. I’m very blessed. Just showed her this :)

A year-ish

It can help if you have the opportunity to get one but it's not essential.

Yes I was very fortunate to be in a position to do that but everyone has different circumstances to navigate. Best of luck.

It’s a mystery!