A virtual panel discussion with expert Android engineers around the country.
Panelists:
➤ Jake Wharton: Engineer at Square on the CashApp team and prolific open source contributor. [ Ссылка ]
➤ Sha Sha Chu: Android platform lead at Pinterest. [ Ссылка ]
➤ Donn Felker: International speaker on all things software development. Author of 3 books on Android and the co-host of the Fragmented Podcast. [ Ссылка ]
➤ Alex Chiou: Indie app developer with more than 1.5 million downloads, Android tech lead on Instagram Ads. [ Ссылка ]
➤ Rahul Pandey: Stanford lecturer and Facebook Android engineer, [ Ссылка ]
Thanks so much to Jake, Sha Sha, Donn, and Alex for sharing their thoughts with our Android class. Outline of the panel:
0:00 - Intro and class recap
3:10 - Panelist introductions
14:12 - Why did you choose Android? If you could start over, would you still pick Android?
21:44 - How do you deal with the rate of change in Android?
32:29 - Will the job market for future Android devs continue to grow in the future?
39:02 - What drew you to software development?
42:26 - How do you choose among options such as consulting, startup, large company, or game dev?
49:15 - [Jake] Which kinds of organizations can foster open source?
53:18 - How do you ensure consistency between iOS and Android apps?
1:01:06 - What advice do you have for a new grad to become a tech lead?
1:08:56 - What do you think of cross platform technologies like React Native or Flutter?
1:16:18 - What advice do you have for becoming an Android expert?
