[zak_mc_kracken]

> And then people wonder why Apple is able to attract so many developers to their platform...

There are quite a few more Android developers than iOS ones, not sure what point you are trying to make.

Go will probably have zero impact on Android but Java has certainly been instrumental to Android's success.

[djur]

> There are quite a few more Android developers than iOS ones

Do you have a source for this? My observation is that it's much easier to hire iOS developers than Android developers.

[sgarman]

I have been dying to find an Android dev who has at least written a real app but I'm overflowing with iOS devs. Any advice where to find these guys?

[bitpew]

May I ask where you are located?

Around here (Central Europe, Austria) it's the other way around. It's a little bit harder to find good Android jobs than iOS jobs.

Maybe because Java has always been one of the more popular languages here and the amount of Android devs is just higher than the number of iOS devs.

[cageface]

It's the same here in SE Asia. I suspect that's because most people don't have the money to buy a Mac for iOS development but already have a PC of some kind and often a cheaper Android phone. Also, most university graduates here already know Java so they can start writing apps without having to first learn an exotic new language.

[nezza-_-]

In Germany it's a PITA to find good Android developers... Good iOS developers on every corner but even average Android developers are hard to find. We also overall experienced a much slower development workflow with Android.

[izacus]

Interesting, since at our teams we haven't found significantly slower dev times on Android in comparison to iOS. Usually Android devs lose time on compatibility issues, while iOS devs take more time with UI/UX design.

But I agree, finding a good Android developer here in central europe is rather hard. Also finding a good Android job is rather hard - payment offers are usually atrociously bad.