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by sekasi 4436 days ago
Hi.

I hire for a global tech organization, and I'd just like to give you a little bit of insight:

1. Don't use middleware unless you have to. Your salary will be lower, and you won't get to work on 'as' amazing things. This includes Xamarin, PhoneGap, Trigger and all the things in between

2. Pick one first. iOS or Android. Don't dual-learn. It'll take you longer. Get a decent foundation on one first, and pick the one that makes more sense to you from a language point of view. (hint: Objective-C is weirder than it looks, Java is insanity)

3. I've hired people who had less than 1 year experience with mobile development who have subsequently turned into extremely senior developers. It's totally possible buddy.

4. Reading is (mostly) useless to form a foundation. Pick a project, work on it, scrap it, begin again with newfound knowledge and keep doing that until you feel comfortable with the concept of creating mobile apps.

Hope that helps ;)

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> I've hired people who had less than 1 year experience with mobile development

Did they have < 1 year professional experience or experience through side projects, reading, etc?