Re:Ask HN: Will I ever find a job?
by morbidhawk on Sunday July 09, 2017 @08:52AM
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> iOS developers do not face a huge demand like they have seen years ago
This is an apt observation. The number of jobs are seriously lacking for Objc/Swift, I was lucky to do an internship in iOS but could never get into another interview after that for the bleak number of iOS jobs available that I applied to. I transitioned into .Net web development and I have been given a lot more opportunities since.
Also, Apple also has a way of creating a walled-garden for their developers. Some of the best practices back when I was an iOS dev involved Apple-specific technologies like AutoLayout constraints and CoreData which doesn't give as many marketable skills if applying to non-iOS jobs.
Re:Ask HN: Will I ever find a job?
by thinbeige on Sunday July 09, 2017 @10:12AM
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Interesting insight, I haven't expected that the iOS market is that down already. I hear from app developing companies that the entire app market on iOS is kind of stagnating.
This is an apt observation. The number of jobs are seriously lacking for Objc/Swift, I was lucky to do an internship in iOS but could never get into another interview after that for the bleak number of iOS jobs available that I applied to. I transitioned into .Net web development and I have been given a lot more opportunities since.
Also, Apple also has a way of creating a walled-garden for their developers. Some of the best practices back when I was an iOS dev involved Apple-specific technologies like AutoLayout constraints and CoreData which doesn't give as many marketable skills if applying to non-iOS jobs.