Why are so many apps these days glorified web pages running in a browser that pretends not to be one?- There are much better way to target multiple platforms while sharing code: Xamarin, React Native etc. (and not so good ones like QT/Swing and the like, I guess) - Apps made this way are not native to any of the platorms they run on - best case scenario they replicate platform UI and...
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: WinRT, Universal Windows Platform, WPF, XAML, C#, C++ for app development, Asp.net MVC and WebAPI for back end web development. Team Foundation Server for continuous integration, Azure for hosting. Some experience in iOS and OSX development using Objective C, learning Swift.
Résumé/CV: https://linkedin.com/in/albertofustinoni
Email: alberto[at]aftnet.net
Sample work: https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nblggh6hngn, https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nblggh68201, https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nblggh6csh2, https://www.t2cl.net/
I am in a similar position (7 years of development and getting bored of having no say in what gets build) and wanted to ask a couple of questions.
- Is an MBA essential for the transition?
- Does college name matter when doing an MBA for this purpose?
- Do you get to recoup the cost of the degree?
- Did you change employer to make the transition into project manager?
I'm interested in a career change to consulting or working remotely, and I'm mainly experienced in C++ and C#/.net (MVC and WebAPI for web development). Where can one find gigs using those technologies? It seems almost everything on HN, AngelList etc. is Java, Node or ruby for web development, with the rest being Android or iOS.