Comment by MichaelCrawford | Hacker News Reader

Comment by MichaelCrawford | Hacker News Reader

MichaelCrawford

There are lots of Swift jobs.

http://www.warplife.com/jobs/computer/united-states/californ...

However, no one will hire you unless you have at least one app in the app store. There's no specific requirement for what that app actually does. As far as I can tell, there's not even a specific requirement that the app be any good.

This has to do with that, at one time, it was quite difficult to get Apple to accept new apps. Now Apple accepts nearly all comers, yet hiring managers still have the idea that applicants are only qualified if they have a shipping app.

What that means is that your knowledge of C++ and Swift and your CSE degree won't help much; what you need is an app in the app store.

> However, no one will hire you unless you have at least one app in the app store.

I guess this encourages publishing random garbage apps and polluting the app store. You can be a great engineer but not a businessman. Not everybody comes up with a polished product ready for publishing.

Btw, all your links (including internal) redirect to: http://www.warplife.com/ethics/reputation.html

mod_rewrite FTW.

I've been contemplating doing that for years.

What led me to choose last night to set up the redirect, was a reply to my complaint that having grey hair, as well as being openly public about my mental illness, has made it impossible to find paying work.

Some joker replied that if I wanted to find paying work, I wouldn't link to my essays about my schizoaffective disorder.

I regard his suggestion as the problem, not the solution.

I won't leave that redirect there forever. Eventually I'll stop being so pissed off.

On the other hand, it might be a good filter - you really don't want to work with those kind of people who hesitate to offer you a job because of your disorder, neglecting your background and experience.

Thanks Michael - very insightful. Yes that is my goal after completing the class. To build an app and get it into the app store.

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