Alan Hill is a veteran engineer -- from embedded systems to government contracts, to full stack development to mobile he has done it all. He holds two degrees and now strongly advocates against going to college. He works on a team of 20 engineers and divulges the secrets behind landing your first programming job as well as the day-to-day as a software engineer. He also gives expert advice on why you should learn Android and talks native vs cross-platform as well as progressive-web apps.