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Great, you learned swift and can do a bunch of leetcode with it. It has nothing to do with actually managing a complicated iOS software project with the zany de

Great, you learned swift and can do a bunch of leetcode with it. It has nothing to do with actually managing a complicated iOS software project with the zany decisions that have gone into the framework design and tooling. Also good luck with the lazy documentation from Apple and the extremely contrived examples from educators. Can you learn all this in somewhat reasonable time and not code something horrific as a result? Absolutely, lots of people do. In a couple days? Good luck.

fragmede 3y ago
Not to out myself and my level of skill, but it took me several days off and on just to wrap my head around the minutiae to get Apple signing for macOS and iOS to work just right. Learning the rest of the ecosystem came along eventually, but I think the real point is with a couple of days worth of intense study, I, and any other developer worth their salt, can bullshit your interview that requires a specific language, but no one requires a specific language for interviews anymore because everyone knows that!
- scarface_74 3y ago
  Do your interviewers not ask you to talk through your real world experience?
  - fragmede 3y ago
    Having sat on both sides of the table, the job of the one giving the interview is to suss out how much the candidate is full of hot air. The one being interviewed wants to put in the precise amount of hot air required to pass the interview and get to the offer stage. Talking through real world experiences, a candidate can prep and be able to pass despite not actually having had those experiences.
    - scarface_74 3y ago
      At my last job I was officially a senior software engineer. But I was the de facto “cloud architect”. I was looking for someone to off load some of the cloud work too. I could tell someone who was faking it from a mile away. I am objectively very good at behavioral interviews (my next job at AWS ProServe was based passing a 5 round behavioral interview loop). The guy I eventually chose moved on to be an IT manager at the next company my CTO went to. I can tell a paper tiger from someone who just went through ACloudGuru and memory enough to pass an exam.
      - fragmede 3y ago
        How though? what are some of the tells?

fragmede 3y ago

Not to out myself and my level of skill, but it took me several days off and on just to wrap my head around the minutiae to get Apple signing for macOS and iOS to work just right. Learning the rest of the ecosystem came along eventually, but I think the real point is with a couple of days worth of intense study, I, and any other developer worth their salt, can bullshit your interview that requires a specific language, but no one requires a specific language for interviews anymore because everyone knows that!

scarface_74 3y ago
Do your interviewers not ask you to talk through your real world experience?
- fragmede 3y ago
  Having sat on both sides of the table, the job of the one giving the interview is to suss out how much the candidate is full of hot air. The one being interviewed wants to put in the precise amount of hot air required to pass the interview and get to the offer stage. Talking through real world experiences, a candidate can prep and be able to pass despite not actually having had those experiences.
  - scarface_74 3y ago
    At my last job I was officially a senior software engineer. But I was the de facto “cloud architect”. I was looking for someone to off load some of the cloud work too. I could tell someone who was faking it from a mile away. I am objectively very good at behavioral interviews (my next job at AWS ProServe was based passing a 5 round behavioral interview loop). The guy I eventually chose moved on to be an IT manager at the next company my CTO went to. I can tell a paper tiger from someone who just went through ACloudGuru and memory enough to pass an exam.
    - fragmede 3y ago
      How though? what are some of the tells?