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Stop to enjoy the view. Always reflect and learn…
First things first. On the 22nd and 29th Core Data workshop. If you want to join, scroll down and hit that ticket button. A whole lot of Practical Core Data, a bit of SwiftUI and Combine. All brought to you by Donny Wals. Sounds like a recipe for a very cool workshop you do not want to miss.
On my podcast pivot I can tell you the following. I have an initial experiment planned. Just to feel the water. With the help of Chris, Malin and Josh I will be checking the idea and who knows what'll come from this. I expect to share the first result sometime in May at the earliest.
In the mean time I still have a number of interviews ready for you. Like Stephanie on Thursday, Ting next week and Roxana the week after that. After that hopefully Oscar, Steward, Matteo, Jordi, Dave, Dominic, Filip and Reinder. Great people in our iOS developer community, as all my previous guests. I am surprised and humbled by how willing people are in cooperating with me. Getting such uniform positive response to my requests for interviews is amazing.
In this month's newsletter you can also read about:
- The latest special episodes.
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Work/life balance…
And before I wrap up this intro, I'd like to mention the fact that one of the most enjoyable things I have been doing lately is writing this newsletter.
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iOS Core Data Workshop by Donny Wals
With the help of Donny Wals I am organising a Core Data workshop on April 22 and April 29. We’ve chosen times that are convenient for multiple timezones around the world.
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Special: Stephanie Chiu
APRIL 15, 2021
"Chemical Engineering?! Then how did you become a Software Engineer?"I asked Stephanie the above question. It involves shampoo and tooth paste. Only in 2018 Stephanie switched into iOS development. Now she works at PayPal.
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Special: Jeremy Barger
APRIL 08, 2021
I met Jeremy on iOS Dev Happy Hour. Jeremy is ex U.S. armed forces and after his service life he eventually ended up as a software development manager and iOS developer. Jeremy has an interesting backstory and we will dig into his history and how he managed to end up where he is at right now.
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Special: Malin and Kai
APRIL 05, 2021
Malin and Kai, work and live together in Vancouver Canada. Their company is called Triple Glazed Studios. Their main product is called Orbit. They are two very enjoyable people to talk with and they have travelled around the world together. Listen in on our conversation and hear how they got started in tech and how they ended up where they are right now.
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Special: Charlie Chapman
APRIL 01, 2021
Charlie is from a .net background. He switched into iOS app development and needed a practice project to work on. Dark Noise was born. Talk about an understatement, Dark Noise a "practice project".
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Special: Allen Whearry
MARCH 24, 2021
Allen Whearry is the person organizing #iOSDevHappyhour. You should look that one up on Twitter if you haven't. Allen had an interesting journey into tech, he started with a psychology major and went through several sales roles before diving into tech. On this episode Allen and I take you through Allen's backstory.
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Lead Developer
Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. In this book I will provide you with practices and tools to be the best lead developer you can be.
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Work/life balance…
A lot going on right now. Home improvement, my daughter's challenges at school, me rechonizing what my daughter is going through from my own childhood. Suffice to say, it's been a lot.
My place of work has allowed me to reflect on things. And not a moment too late I think. The first week of my leave I only got more tired by not doing much at all.
I did allow myself to spend a relaxing amount of effort on things I really enjoy as a hobby, just to stay connected with people on a personal level without the pressure of delivering things on schedule. One of the things that pushed me into self awareness was a twitter comment on one of my podcast episodes. It was about me sounding tired and taking care of myself. Great comment. I consider myself very lucky with being "in time" and all the support and help I am getting.
So what is next? I am taking a more relaxed approach with me wanting my podcast to grow. The pivot wil happen. Most important, I am looking to improve and tune my hobbies in a direction that I like. If I enjoy myself even more while creating my content, my assumption will be my listeners will hear/read that and our connection will only get stronger as time passes. I love hearing back from you as a listener of this newsletter.
5 years ago I went on a journey out of a consulting role because I needed to refocus my priorities and had to do something different. Now I enjoy the results of that change. Now it is time for another round of reflection and optimization. I expect great things and invite you to be a participant in specific parts of this journey by enjoying the content I create.
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Jeroen |
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