In this episode of the iPhreaks Show, Alex talks to Curtis Herbert about challenges building your own indie iOS app. They talk about technical decisions, business priorities, and benefits and disadvantages of sticking with Apple technologies.  Sponsors  Audible.comCacheFly  Panel  Alex Bush  Guest  Curtis Herbert  Links  https://simgenie.apphttps://getslopes.comblog.curtisherbert.com/tag/slopes-diarieshttps://independence.fmhttps://curtisherbert.comhttps://simgenie.app  Picks  Alex Bush:  Profit First by Mike MichalowiczClockwork by Mike Michalowicz  Curtis Herbert:  LEGO® Pirates of Barracuda BayFollow Curtis on Twitter > @parrots  Follow iPhreaks Show on Twitter > @iphreaks

iPS 305: Indie iOS and Mac Development with Curtis Herbert

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Charles Max Wood explains how podcasting has repeatedly opened up opportunities for him to move his career forward. He dives into how it helped early in his career, how he was able to use it as a tool to find freelance clients, and how it can take you beyond a full time senior developer job into coaching or courses.



If you'd like to learn how to start your own podcast, go to podcastbootcamp.io



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How to Launch the Next Stage of Your Career - BONUS



Charles Max Wood explains the default path that developers seem to follow in their career and why that doesn't give developers the fulfillment they're looking for.



He then walks through some of the options to change the direction of your career.



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Don't Follow the Default Developer Career Path - BONUS

Chuck dives into the 3 essentials for getting the next successful outcome you want in your career. Whether that's something simple like a raise or something more complex like going freelance, you can achieve it by working on 3 main areas.    First, building skills. The most obvious type of skills you'll need is technical skills. However, don't neglect your people skills and your organizational skills as well since you're often paid for how you work with people and enhance their work and how you put your work together in the most efficient ways.    Second, building relationships. Often other people will be able to help you find the opportunities or will be the ones to make the decisions that impact your ability to get the outcome you want. Having good relationships is key to having good outcomes.    Third, building recognition. Being known for being valuable in important ways allows you to leverage the skills you have to build better relationships and create opportunities to get what you need to get the outcomes you want by giving people what they want. A podcast is a great way to do all three. Chuck explains exactly how that works in this podcast and goes deeper as part of the Dev Influencers Accelerator.    Panel    Charles Max Wood

The 3 Essentials for Successful Job Outcomes - BONUS

Chuck explains what he taught Nathan last week when we asked how to get hired at a FANG (Facebook Apple/Amazon Netflix Google) company. Essentially, it boils down to how to build the skills and knowledge needed to pass the interview. How to build the relationships to get into the door and have the interviewer want you to succeed. And how to build the reputation that has the company wanting you regardless of the outcome. This approach also works for speaking at conferences, selling courses, and other outcomes as well as it's the core of building a successful career as an influencer.    Panel    Charles Max Wood

How to Get Hired at a FANG Company - BONUS

Chuck was on a strategic call with one of his potential coaching clients talking about cryptocurrencies and realized that this is one of the major reasons that people want to become influencers. Or, rather, that many people aspire to make a difference and/or make money and the best way to do that is to become the person people go to for what you do.    So, how do you become the first person people think of when they think of that thing you know how to do? Let Chuck tell you.    Panel    Charles Max Wood

iPS 305: Indie iOS and Mac Development with Curtis Herbert

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