Alexander murphy

• G29 Alum
• Programming for 10 years (PHP, Java, JS, Swift)
• Working as iOS Engineer @ Ibotta
• @thexande on twitter, github

HOW I GOT MY JOB
MOBILE DEVELOPMENT
next steps

How did I actually get the job?

The Interview

So what actually happened?

Mobile Development

WHY MIGHT YOU WANT TO GET INTO MOBILE?

• Solid developer experience (XCode, Android Studio)
• Strongly typed programming language (Swift, Objective C, Java)
• Robust stock UI element library (UIKit)
• Everyone is completely obsessed with their phone (and it's annoying, but not slowing down)
• Minimized platform fragmentation (iOS)

Nifty apis

• ARKit
• Video & Photos
• Voice
• Location / Mapping
• Accelerometer / Gyroscope
• 60 FPS UI (on the new iPad Pro, and soon everywhere)
• Face Mapping (iPhone X)

Nifty interfaces

💰

How to go about it

• build an app with React Native
• LetsBuildThatApp youtube channel
• Swift Playgrounds
• same method you just used to learn JS
• just download XCode and get started

What about after galvanize?

use case

mvp
launch 🚀