Coffee & Coding: the App Developer Podcast

Today's guest is Tom Bugden - a software engineer turned Cyber Security Recruiter.

In this episode we discuss:

• How to stand out as a candidate
• How to better work with recruiters
• Why some senior roles are severely underpaid
• Why job specs infamously ask for 5 years experience in a 1 year old technology

You can find Tom on Linked @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tjbugden and you can find the recruitment agencies he advocates at https://www.opusrecruitmentsolutions.com and https://www.naviro.com.au

Today's guest is Gijs van Veen - an iOS and Android developer whose worked on apps for companies like Takeaway{dot}com & Garmin, and is currently working at Splendo BV where he's working on Kotlin Multiplatform app library, Kaluga.

In this episode we discuss:

• Kotlin Multiplatform
  • What is it
  • How and when to use it
  • It's pro's and con's
• Cross platform code sharing
• J2ObjC (https://developers.google.com/j2objc)

You can find Gijs on Twitter @ https://www.twitter.com/Daeda88 and you can find the Kotlin Multiplatform library he's currently working on at https://github.com/splendo/kaluga

Today's guest is Andrea Scuderi - currently the lead iOS developer at Schpock that's spent the last 6 years working for a range of companies from Timeout to Sky Sports and is now the lead iOS developer at the popular marketplace app Schpock.

In this episode we discuss:

• Server-side Swift
  • What is it
  • How iOS developer's can leverage to write their own backend
  • Running a server-less backend on AWS running Swift code
• The pro's and con's of unit testing
• Scaling up your resources as a startup

You can find Andrea on Linked at https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreascuderi/ and you can find his Server-side Swift Github projects at https://github.com/Andrea-Scuderi.
You can also find his app Trackyzer on the App Store

Today's guest is Mike Akakpo - a Digital Nomad & location independent freelancer that's spent the last 4 years working on a range of freelance projects all around the world.  Mike has worked on whole range of unique apps including for the Olympics in Barcelona, and even a stint as a freelancer Google - working on some of their bespoke R&D projects.

In this episode we discuss

• Being a Digital Nomad
• How he made the switch to a location independent freelancer
• Living the 4 Hour Work Week
• Generating passive income

You can find Mike on Instagram @iammikeyao, on LinkedIn and on his website https://nomadiq.co.uk/

Today's guest is David Cruz Anaya - a lead Android developer with a background in web development.  David has built apps for Android, Fire TV, Android TV and Apple TV, as well as running his own online coding courses at in both English and Spanish, and currently is the lead developer of a 5 man team.

In this episode we discuss

• Switching from being a web developer to an app developer
• Building apps for Android TV, Fire TV and Apple TV
• How to create your own online coding courses
• The future of app development (think Flutter)

You can find David on Instagram @dacran, you can find his online courses at lastreact.com and lastreact.es, and finally you can find his music on Spotify

A brief introduction to the Coffee and Coding podcast.