iOS Dev Career Advice

Getting started in the world of software development can be overwhelming. I put together some of my best videos giving advice to junior developers so you can have it all in one place. I discuss who you should listen to, career advice, getting job interviews, resume examples, contracting rates, networking and much more.

My iOS Developer Courses:

Twitter:

Book and learning recommendations that help out the channel if you decide to purchase (Affiliate Links):

Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:

Donny Wals - Combine:

Mark Moeyken’s SwiftUI Books:

Ray Wenderlich Books:

Timestamps:
0:00 - You Shouldn’t Listen to Most Advice
5:56 - 37 Tips for Jr. Software Developers
19:59 - Working in Silicon Valley Changed my Life
25:21 - Best Way to Get Software Dev Job Interviews
28:47 - How to Network on Twitter
35:22 - My iOS Dev Resume Design
46:02 - How to Succeed as an Average Developer
51:31 - How Much I Made Contracting (2017)
59:14 - My Contracting Rate in 2019
1:02:56 - Just Say No

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[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.

[OthMar]

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.

[christostsangaris]

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).

[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 :)

[johncena]

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

[lwa.dev]

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.

[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.

[Ravikanth_]

Great video, You are such an inspiration. 🎉

[Hrezolit]

Absolutely perfect video, Bro!) respect ✊🏻 thanks for your work 🙏

[semilife]

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

[rahilcharniya]

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

[welovfree]

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

[EllyOguttu]

amazing content will have to reqatchthis over and over

[laurentb]

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 ☺

[arismendygill]

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.

[jaylensmith]

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

[satysin]

I see this video as a sign from the universe. Why? I literally ordered a MacBook Pro this morning to start my iOS developer journey 😁 Hurry up delivery on February 7th!

[whiterockjoe]

Love this video! About the resume, can you export it in PDF or DOC in Sketch, or is it just an image for web or print? Just wonder if that it can be scannable if I send it to employers. 🙏

[EmanNollase]

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

[Omnivrr]

Sean is the PatrickJMT of iOS developers!