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

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