Going from Junior to Senior iOS Developer with Catalin Patrascu | iOS Dev Podcast #10

In this episode of the iOS dev podcast, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Catalin Patrascu. We covered a wide range of topics such as differences between junior and senior iOS developer, freelancing, journey into tech, SwiftUI vs UIKit, best architecture, Singleton design pattern, and much more! Hope you enjoy!

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Building Scalable & Maintainable Apps by Catalin: https://cpatrascudev.gumroad.com/l/iosdnablueprint?layout=profile

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0:00 Intro
0:54 Moment Catalin went from Jr. to Sr.
2:38 How did you get into Tech?
8:10 Getting into Freelancing
13:45 First iMac
20:05 First Major iOS Role
23:12 What Separates a Jr iOS Dev from Sr iOS Dev
25:42 Differences between a Lead iOS Dev and Sr iOS Dev
28:36 Trends in Mobile Development
30:17 Native vs Cross Platform for Startup
31:54 iPhone vs Android Globally
34:25 Apps Shifting To Subscription Model
35:54 SwiftUI vs UIKit ?
38:54 Best Architecture for SwiftUI
43:50 Pros and Cons of Singleton Design Pattern
46:30 Writing and Creating iOS content
51:48 Foundations for Young Developers
53:04 Outro

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