Which way should I follow? .NET or iOS

Posted by gunzor on Monday August 03, 2015 @05:26PM
from the self-post dept.

I am a software engineer working in a FinTech RnD Center in Turkey. I have 2.5 years professional C# and WPF development experience. I also took place in iOS projects. Although I am a .NET guy, I am self-motivated to develop iOS apps in my leisure time. I learn Swift and try to share my know-how with tutorials. I dream, I develop and iterate. I have 2 years experience with Objective C. I developed 5 iOS apps from scratch (3 indie, 2 professional). I like to ship fast and see my product in user hands. I would like to continue my career in Europe (preferably in German or Netherlands). Should I follow .NET path or iOS path for my career through Europe?

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Re:Which way should I follow? .NET or iOS by stephengillie on Monday August 03, 2015 @05:43PM (#10000093)

Sorry for telling you the obvious, but .NET is used more on the server side and in desktop. iOS is mobile.

Which have you worked in more? frontend/backend/full stack OR desktop OR mobile? Which do you want to work in?

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Re:Which way should I follow? .NET or iOS by gunzor on Monday August 03, 2015 @06:10PM (#10000252)

I worked full stack. Developed both server side and desktop side with C#. Consumed WCF services in iOS apps. I want to work in iOS development. But I am afraid of losing my experience for C#.

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Re:Which way should I follow? .NET or iOS by UK-AL on Monday August 03, 2015 @05:54PM (#10000169)

You may not have to choose. Xamarin?

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Re:Which way should I follow? .NET or iOS by gunzor on Monday August 03, 2015 @06:20PM (#10000310)

I believe in Swift. Xamarin would be nice choice as a cross platform with native output. But I guess it has also a learning curve and some disadvantages. It also will ignore my Objective-C know-now. Am I too judgmental about this?

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