Ask HN: Anybody willing to take on a quick study for the summer?
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I'm glad that you are getting excited about iOS development. I've been developing part time while I go to school. I'll be starting my second internship in about a month so I can't really offer to let you shadow me, but I can give you some advice on where to find people that can help. I actually attend several iOS meetups in Manhattan every month.
I think the best one for you to start really diving into iOS would be iOS Side Projects [1]. We meet about twice a month and have some really smart devs help out. We also have a slack chat that is full of people excited to help people out [2].
Additionally there's the New York iOS Developers meetup that happens monthly [3]. And then my personal favorite is iOSoho which is monthly and much more selective [4]. These two meetups are a lot more advance than side projects, often with talks about more technical and specific parts of the job.
I've met a lot of really great people at these events and really encourage you to try and make it out to some of them. As I said earlier, I'm not in a position to let you shadow me, but if you have any questions feel free to reach out to me on twitter: @MichaelSelsky. Good luck in your endeavors.
[1] http://www.meetup.com/iOS-Side-Projects/
[2] https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16mTeoZmB_xAiRQ2banhgOZOepGN...
[3] http://www.meetup.com/new-york-ios-developer/
[4] http://www.meetup.com/iOSoho/
I think the best one for you to start really diving into iOS would be iOS Side Projects [1]. We meet about twice a month and have some really smart devs help out. We also have a slack chat that is full of people excited to help people out [2].
Additionally there's the New York iOS Developers meetup that happens monthly [3]. And then my personal favorite is iOSoho which is monthly and much more selective [4]. These two meetups are a lot more advance than side projects, often with talks about more technical and specific parts of the job.
I've met a lot of really great people at these events and really encourage you to try and make it out to some of them. As I said earlier, I'm not in a position to let you shadow me, but if you have any questions feel free to reach out to me on twitter: @MichaelSelsky. Good luck in your endeavors.
[1] http://www.meetup.com/iOS-Side-Projects/
[2] https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16mTeoZmB_xAiRQ2banhgOZOepGN...
[3] http://www.meetup.com/new-york-ios-developer/
[4] http://www.meetup.com/iOSoho/
Thanks! I'll definitely look into those. I've been to one of those already; looking forward to finding more
No problem. Feel free to find me at any of these or on that slack chat.
I decided to take up iOS development earlier this year and I'm at the point where I understand objective-C, object-oriented programming, and M-V-C. I read the Kochan books and Apple docs, so I understand properties, memory management, the Foundation Framework, and I can solve problems in objective-C. However, progressing to actually writing an iOS app has been daunting. I bought the BNR book and I tried the getting started guide on the Apple developer website, but I can't make the leap to producing anything beyond simple, linear apps like Timers.
I know that these are all very good resources, and to a large extent, I can comprehend what's going on. However, putting something of my own together has been tough. I can put together simple things using Nav controllers and TableView Controllers, but I'm having trouble progressing to anything more complex.
Having learned what I could learn by myself, I think I'm at the point where I need to be around people with experience and see how apps are actually made in real life. Unfortunately, iOS meet-ups aren't very frequent (which is very weird for NYC) and I don't really know anyone from whom I can learn, so I'm asking you HN; would it be possible to shadow an actual developer for any length of time this summer or meet up whenever you're free? It would be great to have someone who already knows what their doing to ask questions and get a feel for iOS development as it's done professionally. I don't want to reduce anyone's productivity and I would be as unobtrusive as possible but I'd be very grateful if anyone could spare the time. I'm very dedicated to becoming a good developer and I will bring that same dedication to learning and helping out as soon as I get the hang of everything. So please let me know if you'd be willing to; it would really help a lot! I'm in the NYC area, but we can also talk on Skype if you'd prefer
Thank you!