iOS Dev Discussions - Sean Allen

Latest Episodes:

What I'm Working On - FINALE Aug 28, 2019

Show notes

"What I'm Working On" is a weekly show where I give a quick recap of what I worked on at my day job as an iOS developer at a small startup in Silicon Valley. I hope this give some insight into what it's like to work for a small startup as the sole iOS developer.

In this episode, I talk about my role going forward with Aluna now that I'm no longer in Silicon Valley and working full-time. This episode wraps up this series with Aluna. I'll be looking to start more shows that are similar. Stay tuned till the end of the episode to find out more.

If this is your first What I'm Working On episode, be sure to check out the introduction episode for context as to what the Aluna app does.

Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer:

https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin

Books, hoodies and goodies:

https://seanallen.co/store

If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2

Twitter:

https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev

Instagram:

@seanallen_dev

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/seanallen

YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/seanallen

Portfolio:

https://seanallen.co

Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well:

https://twitch.tv/seanallen

Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links):

Ray Wenderlich Books:

https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1

Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials:

https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24

Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:

https://gumroad.com/a/762098803

Learn Advanced Swift Here:

https://gumroad.com/a/656585843

My Developer & YouTube Setup:

https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen

--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

My Current Contracts - iOS Dev Vlog - Ep. 4 Aug 28, 2019

Show notes

In this vlog I talk about life as an independent iOS developer. Today I'm talking the 3 contracts that I'm currently working on. I discuss how I got those contracts, what I'm working for those projects and my contracting rate. I'm still working on improving my YouTube/Contracting time split... but that's a constant struggle.

Video Version:

https://youtu.be/QYb-I_GPo1E

Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer:

https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin

Books, hoodies and goodies:

https://seanallen.co/store

If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2

Twitter:

https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev

Instagram:

@seanallen_dev

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/seanallen

YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/seanallen

Portfolio:

https://seanallen.co

Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well:

https://twitch.tv/seanallen

Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links):

Ray Wenderlich Books:

https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1

Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials:

https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24

Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:

https://gumroad.com/a/762098803

Learn Advanced Swift Here:

https://gumroad.com/a/656585843

My Developer & YouTube Setup:

https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen

--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

Swift News - August 26th, 2019 Aug 27, 2019

Show notes

Swift News is all about curating this week's latest news involving iOS Development and Swift. This week we discuss principles of growth for software engineers, Swift UI, Context Menus, Instruments, mentorship, hobby apps & more!

Subscribe to stay up to date with the latest Swift News every Monday!

Video Version:

https://youtu.be/B-b4Gu8ZLTU

Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer:

https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin

Books, hoodies and goodies:

https://seanallen.co/store

If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2

Twitter:

https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev

Instagram:

@seanallen_dev

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/seanallen

YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/seanallen

Portfolio:

https://seanallen.co

Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well:

https://twitch.tv/seanallen

Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links):

Ray Wenderlich Books:

https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1

Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials:

https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24

Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:

https://gumroad.com/a/762098803

Learn Advanced Swift Here:

https://gumroad.com/a/656585843

My Developer & YouTube Setup:

https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen

--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

Hired's State of Salaries Report 2019 Review Aug 24, 2019

Show notes

This episode is the audio from a Twitch stream I did where I review'd Hired's State of Salaries Report - 2019. We discuss various software developer salaries and rates from all over the world. The chat and I have a great discussion about cost of living, better places to network, taking less pay to get started, and much more! If you're curious about how much software developers make, I think you'll enjoy this.

This video was a livestream I did on Twitch. I do regular iOS developer content on my Twitch channel:

twitch.tv/seanallen

Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer:

https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin

Books, hoodies and goodies:

https://seanallen.co/store

If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2

Twitter:

https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev

Instagram:

@seanallen_dev

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/seanallen

YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/seanallen

Portfolio:

https://seanallen.co

Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well:

https://twitch.tv/seanallen

Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links):

Ray Wenderlich Books:

https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1

Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials:

https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24

Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:

https://gumroad.com/a/762098803

Learn Advanced Swift Here:

https://gumroad.com/a/656585843

My Developer & YouTube Setup:

https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen

--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

Origin Stories #21 - Kristina Fox - Staff iOS Engineer @ Intuit Aug 22, 2019

Show notes

In this episode of Origin Stories I speak with Kristina Fox, Staff iOS Engineer at Intuit. I had the pleasure of meeting Kristina during all the WWDC festivities so I'm excited to have her on the show. We get to hear how she got her start as a child by editing the HTML of Neopets pages, how she chose to study computer science in college and her internship experience. Now that Kristina is the one conducting the interviews, we also get some great advice for intern and jr. iOS developer interviews. Kristina is also an international speaker, so there's a bonus origin story on how she got started speaking. Hope you enjoy!

Origin Stories is a series of interviews with iOS developers from the community where we discuss how they got their start in this industry. We discuss how they first became interested in code, what resources they used to learn, how they got their first job and much more.

Kristina's Twitter:

https://twitter.com/krstnfx

Kristina's Blog:

https://kristina.io

Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer:

https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin

Books, hoodies and goodies:

https://seanallen.co/store

If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2

Twitter:

https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev

Instagram:

@seanallen_dev

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/seanallen

YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/seanallen

Portfolio:

https://seanallen.co

Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well:

https://twitch.tv/seanallen

Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links):

Ray Wenderlich Books:

https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1

Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials:

https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24

Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:

https://gumroad.com/a/762098803

Learn Advanced Swift Here:

https://gumroad.com/a/656585843

My Developer & YouTube Setup:

https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen

--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

Swift News - August 19th, 2019 Aug 20, 2019

Show notes

Swift News is all about curating this week's latest news involving iOS Development and Swift. This week we discuss building a bar chart with Swift UI, how to learn Combine, remote work, UX, Finch, shared code at Dropbox and more!

Subscribe to stay up to date with the latest Swift News every Monday!

Video Version:

https://youtu.be/TwrYAUDs_74

Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer:

https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin

Books, hoodies and goodies:

https://seanallen.co/store

If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2

Twitter:

https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev

Instagram:

@seanallen_dev

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/seanallen

YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/seanallen

Portfolio:

https://seanallen.co

Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well:

https://twitch.tv/seanallen

Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links):

Ray Wenderlich Books:

https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1

Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials:

https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24

Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:

https://gumroad.com/a/762098803

Learn Advanced Swift Here:

https://gumroad.com/a/656585843

My Developer & YouTube Setup:

https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen

--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

My Contracting Rate - 2019 Aug 19, 2019

Show notes

This episode is a recent YouTube video I did that was an update on my current contracting rate for iOS development in 2019. I discuss how I got to my current contracting rate as well as the factors you should consider when trying to determine your rate.

Video Version:

https://youtu.be/Y70Qi3lo6MU

You can see my previous video from 2017 to see how things have changed in the link below:

https://youtu.be/T6TWPQIZs4c

Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer:

https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin

Books, hoodies and goodies:

https://seanallen.co/store

If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2

Twitter:

https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev

Instagram:

@seanallen_dev

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/seanallen

YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/seanallen

Portfolio:

https://seanallen.co

Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well:

https://twitch.tv/seanallen

Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links):

Ray Wenderlich Books:

https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1

Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials:

https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24

Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:

https://gumroad.com/a/762098803

Learn Advanced Swift Here:

https://gumroad.com/a/656585843

My Developer & YouTube Setup:

https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen

--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

Swift News - August 12th, 2019 Aug 13, 2019

Show notes

Swift News is all about curating this week's latest news involving iOS Development and Swift. This week I'm playing catch up as I've been moving the past 2 weeks. There are a LOT of great articles coming your way, so buckle up. It's a rapid fire episode! Subscribe to stay up to date with the latest Swift News every Monday! Video Version: https://youtu.be/wMDHTViWJ0k Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer: https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin Books, hoodies and goodies: https://seanallen.co/store If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2 Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev Instagram: @seanallen_dev Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seanallen YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/seanallen Portfolio: https://seanallen.co Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well: https://twitch.tv/seanallen Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links): Ray Wenderlich Books: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1 Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24 Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift: https://gumroad.com/a/762098803 Learn Advanced Swift Here: https://gumroad.com/a/656585843 My Developer & YouTube Setup: https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

Why I Left San Francisco - VLOG Episode Aug 11, 2019

Show notes

In this vlog I talk about life as an independent iOS developer. Today I'm talking about the reasons why I moved away from San Francisco and Silicon Valley as an iOS Developer to pursue building my own business as a full-time content creator. I talk about needed more space for a dedicated studio as well as some personal reasons for wanting to be back on the east coast.

I love San Francisco and intend on visiting at least once a year for WWDC.

Video Version:

https://youtu.be/QDcVx9h6btA

Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer:

https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin

Books, hoodies and goodies:

https://seanallen.co/store

If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2

Twitter:

https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev

Instagram:

@seanallen_dev

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/seanallen

YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/seanallen

Portfolio:

https://seanallen.co

Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well:

https://twitch.tv/seanallen

Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links):

Ray Wenderlich Books:

https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1

Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials:

https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24

Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:

https://gumroad.com/a/762098803

Learn Advanced Swift Here:

https://gumroad.com/a/656585843

My Developer & YouTube Setup:

https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen

--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

5 Soft Skills for iOS Devs w/ Mayuko Aug 08, 2019

Show notes

In this episode fellow iOS Engineer and YouTuber, Mayuko and I discuss 5 essential soft skills for software engineers. Mayuko and I are both iOS Engineers working in Silicon Valley. I'm at a smaller startup while she's at a larger company, so we have varying experiences to help bring you this information.

Check out our video for her channel where we build a spaceship with Legos and discuss software engineering:

youtu.be/_7ryFbnMzAA

Mayuko's YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/hellomayuko

Mayuko's Twitter:

https://twitter.com/hellomayuko

Video Version:

https://youtu.be/XHG6OBw_ig4

Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer:

https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin

Books, hoodies and goodies:

https://seanallen.co/store