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Wow.

Okay so, definitely not applying to work for Slack anytime soon. This is not the kind of attitude I would want to support.

I'm interested in your iOS role but, y'all only use UpWork? So these are contractor positions?

As someone with ADD, are work places required to accommodate for my learning disability and allow me to WFH or work in a quiet place? I'm in the US.

I'm an iOS engineer and remote work is pretty hard to come by. :(

That's correct. The content seems to be engaging (we've gotten some good user feedback so far and about 40% of our users open the newsletter).

Ah, makes sense. I personally have never been to SF. I have this idealized vision of what it's like just from knowing that all the major tech firms are there but, I'm sure that vision is not entirely accurate.

I was just in San Diego. Homeless people were everywhere. I heard that Vegas is literally busing homeless people out of Vegas and into San Diego. Apparently the homeless problem is even worse in San Francisco. That's insane to me.

He was tweeting and retweeting so much.

A good junior dev asks lots of questions and eventually gets tasks done assigned to him or her on a somewhat reasonable timeline. Tasks get done progressively faster as they grow and they ask fewer and fewer questions (and usually said questions are unique, so no repeat questions for the most part).

Yeah I'm curious why he left. From what I could tell it sounded like changes in Swift took an act of congress basically. Which is fine, and how it should be, given how important it is to get it right. I wonder where he went.

That's not a flash video.

As an iOS engineer looking for a remote role, I can tell you it's extremely competitive to land one.

Eh, not sure I agree there. It's not like they're throwing kids head first into generics.

Don't get our hopes up.

Cool, now if they could not show ads for their paid service, that'd be great.

I have one of these on every computer I own. It's amazing. It saved my career. I physically cannot type on a regular keyboard anymore.

> I've been developing and releasing consumer software for a few years now, and the key rule about popup messages is: Nobody reads them.

Really? For mobile applications, users are very wary of them. Granted, they can't do anything until they either accept or deny location (or whatever other thing the app is asking for) data.

It'd take getting used to but, I think it'd be something users would appreciate long term.

> I think Apple has lost its way. It has forgotten about its power users. I think they are trying to be a luxury brand now

How is that losing their way? They're targeting a way more profitable and way larger market.

As far as attracting hires, they almost never hire. Which actually makes me sad. I'd love to work there.

MBProgressHUD? Really? It's not that hard to write your own progress indicator.

Okay, I get the article is a bit polarizing. I've been wanting to work remotely for about a year now. Remote jobs are hard to get. Here's what I think about remote workplaces though:

- Remote work is hard. It's tough to get right. However, remote work is worth it. It's worth putting in the extra effort to try and get it right for your work place and your job. You get to spend more time with your kids, your SO, and you can travel.

- Face time is still important. Remote work makes face time a pleasant treat that you look forward to.

- Remote work makes financial sense.

- Good remote workers have to be excellent communicators.

It's not for everyone, but it's important that most organizations at least try and make it a reality for those that want it. Everyone will be the better for it.

Xcode project settings on an iPad? No way.

I would hope you're not developing, much less shipping software that relies on you copying and pasting.

$50.00 an hour? What?

Instagram is incredibly polished. Notice how fast it is? As you're selecting an image, they're already uploading it to their servers. That is critical to maintaining and growing their user base. I go to Instagram knowing I can upload a nice looking photo quickly. The images load incredibly fast as well. Its simplicity is deceptively robust.

This is not recreated by a developer billing at $50.00 an hour.

So, if you're looking to have an app built, and you're reading this post, just know it's pretty inaccurate. You get what you pay for.

Right, which is totally understandable given that the app market has been going for about 8 years now. There's obviously a shift towards apps that provide more longer term and reoccurring value to customers which is great for consumers and for the businesses that build/ship these apps.

You could also title this article "The App Economy Has Matured", but that wouldn't get as many clicks.

Or, you just stop using the app as the subscription isn't worth your while.

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Couldn't agree more. It's getting ridiculous.

Sorry but final by default is not a good idea IMO.

All my work is client work. There have been a bunch of occasions where I've had to work around some weirdness of an Apple SDK by creating my own subclass. I could see Apple releasing an SDK and many of the classes being @final. Then I'm stuck in a situation where I can't provide a deliverable to the specifications a client wants due to a limitation in an SDK.

That's my only fear though really. Rarely do I personally do a lot of subclassing unless I absolutely have to or it really does make sense to.