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LIVE: How I Get iOS Contracts and Q&A

2,592 views · Published 6 August 2017 · 45:22 · Indexed 27 September 2026

Channel: Sean Allen · 2017 · Science & Technology

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In this video I discuss how I got all my Swift iOS contracts. Hopefully you'll hear my stories and what worked for me, and apply them to what can work for you.

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Timestamps:
1:06 - How much Swift did I know before I got my first job
1:49 - Beginning of discussion on how I get my contracts
9:44 - Do I make money from YouTube?
10:57 - Can I get an iOS job without a degree
11:15 - What kinds of app should a beginner make before applying to jobs
12:08 - Where should I put my network calls? Not in ViewController?
13:07 - Does the agency you work for take commission from your work?
14:03 - How to land the first small projects
15:15 - How many lines should a ViewController be?
16:23 - The #1 question I get asked
17:27 - I talk about UpWork and the discussion in my Slack community
18:07 - Where is the Concurrency & Threading tutorial?
19:01 - How important is your StackOverflow reputation?
19:27 - Any plans on NSCoding tutorial?
19:57 - Do you work with multiple agencies?
20:38 - How do I keep up with contracting work, coaching, meetings, etc...
22:10 - I talk about what's going on in our Slack community
22:43 - Mentoring/Coaching update
24:17 - Storyboard vs. Code and ViewController Length
27:11 - Should new developers start with Swift 4 or Swift 3 right now?
27:46 - MVC vs. MVVM
29:28 - Do I use UpWork?
29:58 - Any more collabs with Brian coming soon?
31:48 - Should a new iOS Dev ignore the storyboard?
33:19 - Will you develop for Android?
34:15 - Is it ok to use Swift for whiteboard interviews?
35:08 - How to learn iOS as a student, when all curriculum is in java/android.
37:02 - When will we see more iOS Interview Question Videos?
38:00 - advice for a 13 year old trying to learn Swift?
38:27 - Any plans on going to WWDC?
39:00 - When starting a project, do you dive right into code, or plan first?
40:07 - How do my coaching/mentoring sessions work?
42:15 - Why do companies as algorithm questions in interviews?
43:36 - What do I use to design my apps?
44:37 - Do I use @IBDesignable on my projects?

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