In this episode of the iOS dev podcast, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Mikaela we cover topics such as becoming an iOS Dev, the iOS Community, Conferences, and the power of networking. Audio Version: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iosdevpodcast YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/0RFdk5BlU6o Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JasonDubon Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/iu9nS2 Mikaela's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikaela__caron Mikaela's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mikaelacaron Mikaela's Site: https://mikaelacaron.com/links/ ----------------- Follow Me On Social Media --------------------

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0:47 Login vs Sign In 5:19 Working at Steel Company & Getting into Programming

9:15 Day to Day Working on Tech Stack of Steel Company

13:20 Shifting into iOS & First iOS Dev Job

22:02 Being Active in the Community & Networking

25: 21 Swift & iOS Conferences

27:20 Advice for Devs Giving Their First Talk at Conference

31:28 iOS Dev Happy Hour

36:01 Becoming an organizer

38:31 How would you learn iOS Development if You Started Today (2023)

43:46 Trade-offs Between Clean Code & Speed 50:00 Story Behind the Unicorn

54:00 Outro #iosdev #swift #podcast