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Disclaimer : I am an Android developer The way I see it : nobody knows which technology is going to be prevalent in 5 years. Android and iOS are now the two
by on_and_off 12y ago
Disclaimer : I am an Android developer
The way I see it : nobody knows which technology is going to be prevalent in 5 years.
Android and iOS are now the two mobile platforms of choice and I don't see any of these two weaken significantly in the near term.
They have both kinda the same downside :
-Nobody uses obj-C / Swift outside of Apple bubble.
-Android is pretty much the only place where Java is not boring. Some net giants like Google also do very interesting things with it server side, but outside of these 2 cases, Java is a used to make mediocre software.
I don't think it should be up to your employer to decide for you which technology you should learn, but that's between you and him.
As far as I can tell, neither iOS, nor Android is a bad choice. in the mid/long term, you might want to have a look at the new cools kids on the block, Rust, Dart and Go.