Swiftly Speaking

Episode 3: John Sundell

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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.  

Detailed topics:

  • 2:48 – How to get your first iOS developer job
  • 10:03 – How to improve your Swift skills
  • 11:42 – Building a portfolio: should you ship an app or put code on GitHub?
  • 13:50 – Do programmers need a computer science degree?
  • 18:32 – How to do well at a programming interview 
  • 22:47 – What was the turning point in John's career
  • 24:24 – Where to apply for jobs?
  • 25:49 – What's better: being a specialist or a generalist?
  • 28:03 – How to move up from being a junior developer
  • 34:49 – How to keep up to date with Swift
  • 40:06 – How to start learning a new API or framework
  • 46:40 – Why coding for curiosity is so important
  • 51:10 – The best thing you have unlearnt
  • 53:13 – How can you get started writing about Swift and iOS?
  • 58:11 – How to get over the 'but it's already been written about' roadblock
  • 1:04:03 – The John Sundell writing process 
  • 1:08:47 – Tips for delivering a programming talk
  • 1:15:18 – How to stay productive at home
  • 1:20:35 – Songs by Sundell
  • 1:23:01 – Top three tips for working from home 
  • 1:27:31 – John's wish list for WWDC2020
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