00:13 What tech stack i am using. 03:05 Where i am from? How i've got into programming? 04:19 Learn by building or build after learning - what is the best approach regarding iOS development? 05:48 Have you thought looking into Web3 development? Are you looking for freelance? 05:55 It is worth learning to code in any language? 06:15 One thing i admire about your work is work ethics. Have you ever lost it and rebuilt it? 08:29 How can i find idea to develop ios application? 08:59 About motorcycle: what motorcycle will i get, will i have it, when i will have it? 09:35 Where did you find your jobs when you had started as a freelancer. 10:02 How to start with ios app development with no prior programming experience. 12:02 Favorite heavy metal band? 12:25 Will Storyboard and UIkit become obsolete? 13:09 Can you give us a guide how to find job in 2024 after graduation? 13:35 Is learning web development worth it? 15:12 Do you recommend to use Figma for UI? What do you use for you designs? 17:53 Would you rather be carpenter with dev salary or dev with carpenter salary? 20:10 is it realistic to start learning coding at 47 for a woman without tech degree and find a job? 22:39 Higher education for a dev.

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@techsuvara

2 ай бұрын

@@AivarsMeijers if you copy and paste this into the description you will have all the chapters setup, just add one for 0:00 Intro.

@noname-vt6fy

2 ай бұрын

Very usefully this "table of content" Ican jump where I want! Thank you!

Aivars. Greetings from Saudi Arabia. I have been following you for some time now and seeing you starting at 40 and being able to be successful at freelancing is helping me a lot. I started at the age of 39 (almost 40) and I already have a full time job as a school teacher and liking the idea of finding side gig as you do with mobile development. I would love to say that I admire and appreciate what you share with us and you are setting such a great example for what and where I can be if I persist. Just started my OOP course in C++ and will keep going InshaAllah.

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

Yep, live is long and we shouldn't stick to one carrier for a life time.

Fantastically honest and inspiring video. I’m pleased I found your channel…..I am 58yrs old, I retired from Law Enforcement, and started to learn Python just to keep my brain occupied, and learning….Coding anything, will be a way to build things for myself, and stay mentally agile….I would definitely encourage us older folks, to code….

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

Yep, that is scientifically proved that we should exercise our minds as well to stay healthy. I would keep playing around with tech and build apps even if don't need money, this is nice hobby and helps to stay sharp.

Your consistency and persistence are truly inspiring. The channel has been growing. Keep up the great work!

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

Thank you Michalis!

Another excellent video! I cannot let the opportunity to thank you again for your tips! You helped me into my iOS Developer journey.

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for the feedback 🙌

Thanks for video! Especially for compare design process using Figma vs straight SwiftUI approach.

A life experience speaking out from this man 💪 would like to drink a coffee with you. I am 27 and was thinking if I would get bored of programming as years pass, but this video was somehow such a motivator. Thanks

Hey there fellow boomers. I got my first job as a developer at 32. I'm 40 now. It's been positive for me

You are an inspiration , I am 28 and I thought I am late into Software learning

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

You have plenty of time for multiple carriers :) Just start!

Hi Aivars. Have you changed your monitor? Quick question. Is the Apple monitor worth the money? 6:06

@AivarsMeijers

Ай бұрын

I like Apple Studio Display, but now I would wait for 2nd gen already

Hi, Aivars. I am from Ukraine and have around 9 years of experience in web development. I can't explain but the vibe of your videos is so exciting. I guess I have to be more brave and make my dream to be an IOS developer.

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

Sure, give it a try and play around with iOS dev. Even if you will decide to stick with web at work, you can build an side project app and release it in the AppStore to make few extra $ for pizza. I started that as a hobby aside from my product management job.

Hey! I’m 40 and just started learning JS wondering if I even have a future in this, with AI and all.

What a great video!

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thoughts on TCA?

what kind of camera and mounts do you use?thanks

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

Hey! In this video I used Sony a7iv for indoor video and GoPro 11 in the car. Go pro was mounted on motorcycle helmet chin mount

I switched from Flutter to native iOS a few months ago and it was the best decision I've made. Swift is a beautiful language and I'm able to build MVPs insanely fast. Also, building for both platforms can be a huge burden when trying to get an MVP to market as a solo developer. If I could go back 3 years, I would tell myself to ignore Flutter and jump straight into native iOS.

@yaroslavmakarov2218

2 ай бұрын

Why is it a burden? Nothing is easier than write everything in Flutter, and it's much more powerful for complex UI compared with Swift UI

@PanaraStudios

2 ай бұрын

Flutter has the fastest development experience. looks like you don't know how to use flutter.

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

I agree with this, but be ready to get harsh feedback from Flutter devs :D

@smotch7533

2 ай бұрын

@@yaroslavmakarov2218 can you explain how its more powerful? what can I build with flutter I cant build with native? Its almost always the other way around

Swift is seamlessly effective. Nowadays, many of the apps I create stick solely to iOS. Additionally, Swift's compatibility with web apps simplifies coding and functionality.

You said to build the best possible application you need to go native. That may or may not be true, depending on the application. What is true, however - the most successful business ideas were often not the best. Simply they had better marketing or there was some exclusive business deal. Remember the DOS operating system?

@smotch7533

2 ай бұрын

that's quite false, the most successful businesses are almost always the best products in the market. Its true after a while there is lock-in and companies aren't able to constantly chase the latest new thing but eventually the market shifts. Thats a core part of capitalism. The best product always wins in the end. On the native comment, I'll just ask one question to answer your question. how do you build widgets with flutter, RN etc. They're always chasing native, but will never catch up.

@AdamSowinski

2 ай бұрын

@@smotch7533 most of the time it works like you said but not always. Good luck with creating a better Facebook starting from an indie dev point. As to your second paragraph. I don't agree. Flutter lets you render every pixel so from a widget perspective you can do whatever you want. You can create a custom widget that sets a new trend of user interaction that may be copied later by native technology.

@AdamSowinski

2 ай бұрын

@@smotch7533 I don't think the DOS operating system was superior to anything yet it was very successful.

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

Yep, that is never ending catching game to be “almost as good as native apps”

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

I’m talking about best possible app from technology perspective. Business side is different topic, you can build successful business using horrible tech stack

I noticed that those who develop for ios has a good style: )

I am 37 I just started a software developement bachelor online

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

Cool, you started a bit more earlier than I did :) Good luck!

@BrahimDriouch-oz6uv

2 ай бұрын

@@AivarsMeijers sometimes I feel it s too late but yeah it s something I enjoy and will keep doing it. thank you. Keep it UP.

@charlesmagno28

2 ай бұрын

@@AivarsMeijers what year did you start? started web dev at 38 lol

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

​@@charlesmagno28 I got first job in tech industry at 30, got to management, but didn't do any programming. Then I switched to iOS development at 39..40. I dropped my head of products role to build indie apps and do freelance work as iOS dev.

Hello. Here is my situation i love iOS development but the problem is in my country there is not a big demand in iOS developers but there is a big demand in js frontend developers. But I dont like frontned dev that much and I also need money for a living. What should i do? Take a risk for iOS or learn frontned?

@AivarsMeijers

Ай бұрын

I guess there is a bigger competition between fronted developers as well, so it will be challenge whatever you choose. If you see that can get job as a frontend developer, take that and switch to iOS latter if will like to do that.

You completely switched from UIKit to SwiftUI?

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

Yes for my indie Apps and no for freelance projects. I'm working as consultant on quite big iOS project and do not see dropping UIKit in it for at least 2+ years. Most of the new screens in the project are SwiftUI, but there is no reason to rewrite exiting UI elements.

Now that google have officially announced Kotlin Multi platform, the future of Flutter is a bit shaky.

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

Yep, future of Flutter is unclear and google has a good track record of killing products.

I hope you get that motorcycle, its worth it. Before making that final decision NOT to buy a motorcycle go to your local dealership and ask to test drive one. You may find yourself changing your mind and purchasing one.

please add english sub. thank you

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

They are here already. Subtitles are added automatically by google, but sometimes it takes longer time.

Rammstein 🔥🔥🔥🔥

The "problem" of Flutter is Google. Google has the habit to kill off the things that are not profitable enough. I know, I know, Flutter is open source blah blah blah. But without a company at the back, it would be difficult. They fired the whole team in the US recently (even though there are some left), but Google is going to a path to ask other big company like LG to use their Flutter. It feels like when Samsung is developing its Bada OS.....

@abrorbobomurodov2361

2 ай бұрын

Problem is that You don't understand it isn't only Google kill no profitable product. Microsoft almost kill Xamarin. Xamarin almost gone right now.

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

Seems that KMM is favourite child of Google now. I would not put much money on Flutter's future and ongoing support from Google.

I got my first job at 39 and am about to turn 45. Hello fellow boomer.

Fear of owning a bike is real at this age. With God grace even if you survive an accident on those boys trip 🏍️ ,but after reaching home even God can’t save you from 🤬

But Flutter iz goood

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

Sure it is :)

How to stop being a developer

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

Become a businessman or move to management roles :) I tried management, didn't like that

@kabootarkhanawala8271

2 ай бұрын

Yes I’ve seen some managers who quickly went back to being devs

Seems like this guy is making his living from KZread instead of coding?

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

Seems that you have no idea how much money you can make from programming and how little from YT channel like this one 😂 This channel makes less money than developer can earn in a day.

Big companies that chose Flutter don't have money issue. They just want a modern GUI Toolkit.

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

Really? Are you working in one of them? I would be curious to know more. From my experience big companies often have money issues. Also, I rarely see recruiters looking for Flutter developers on Linkedin, but this is quite popular on Upwork.

@kanamagg

2 ай бұрын

@@AivarsMeijers I'm not a developer but I know that Yandex use flutter for their taxi and some other apps.