In this episode of the iOS dev podcast, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Mazen Kourouche. We covered a wide range of topics such as working at startups, UX & UI design, indie development, working at SnapChat, getting acquired by big tech and much more! YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/FY1-6IbKCUc Audio Version: https://www.iosdevpodcast.com/links Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JasonDubon Newsletter: https://www.iosdevpodcast.com/newsletter Mazen's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mazenkourouche Mazen's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mazenkourouche Mazen's Site: https://www.mazenkourouche.com/ ----------------- Follow Me On Social Media -------------------- Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasonDubonYT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasondubon/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedubon/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedubon (0:00) Intro

(0:29) Differences between Startups & Big Companies

(4:28) H.A.G.S Startup

(8:55) Leaving Deloitte to Join Startup

(11:54) Getting Acquired by SnapChat

(14:27) Design Engineering & SwiftUI

(19:28) Improving Design Skills

(27:05) Camping out for the iPhone

(33:48) Working at SnapChat

(36:45) Leaving Job to Go Indie

(42:27) Biggest Struggle as Indie Dev

(47:02) Time Management as Indie Dev

(50:10) BeMyChef & Cooking

(57:30) WWDC Scholar #iosdev #swift #snapchat