Episode 3: John Sundell from Swiftly Speaking

Episode 3: John Sundell

1 hour 36 minutes Posted Apr 15, 2020 at 10:34 pm.

– How to get your first iOS developer job

– How to improve your Swift skills

– Building a portfolio: should you ship an app or put code on GitHub?

– Do programmers need a computer science degree?

– How to do well at a programming interview 

– What was the turning point in John's career

– Where to apply for jobs?

– What's better: being a specialist or a generalist?

– How to move up from being a junior developer

– How to keep up to date with Swift

– How to start learning a new API or framework

– Why coding for curiosity is so important

– The best thing you have unlearnt

– How can you get started writing about Swift and iOS?

– How to get over the 'but it's already been written about' roadblock

– The John Sundell writing process 

– Tips for delivering a programming talk

– How to stay productive at home

– Songs by Sundell

– Top three tips for working from home 

– John's wish list for WWDC2020

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In this episode, Paul talks to John Sundell about his tips for getting a job, how to improve your Swift skills, how to start writing your own articles about iOS development, and more.

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