I& #39;m an iOS engineer with ~5 years of experience. I just joined Apple. I& #39;d competing offers from Amazon, Facebook, Lyft, & Twitter.

I& #39;ll share what I learned & how I did it.

(Note: "Top tier" companies aren& #39;t a measure of your personal worth. Also, this is what worked for _me_.)
EQ skills takes the longest to prepare — years even. You can& #39;t, for example, cram for communication skills. I expect to be honing leadership for years. Etc.

Smattering of book recs:
"The Effective Engineer", "The Manager& #39;s Path", "Man& #39;s Search for Meaning", "Atomic Habits"
Practice making simple apps within a time limit (~1-4 hours). There& #39;s honestly a lot of design & implementation overlap. (Hence, MVC.)

Examples:
- A photo browsing app (eg. Instagram)
- A Todo app
- A shopping app (eg. Product selection & checkout0
- A Tinder-style dating app
I really enjoyed this video about architecture & system design interviews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdS0EUmn70

You& #39;ll">https://www.youtube.com/watch... want to showcase:
- Edge case coverage (or, at least, noticing)
- Scalable solutions
- Clear communication
- How to make effective tradeoff decisions
Additional notes:
- Schedule interviews within a 1-2 week window for ease of negotiation.
- If you even _think_ you might want to change jobs. Start preparing _now_. Interview prep takes a lot of time.
- Reach out to people. It doesn& #39;t hurt to ask & people usually like to help.
- Continually keep you& #39;re LinkedIn & résumé up to date! Maybe every 6 months or so. It helps keeps you honest about how your career is progressing & what your accomplishing.
- Interviewing is messy. You can bomb one & then do fantastic on the next. Be kind to yourself.
Here’s I tweet about my “Lessons from 5 years of iOS engineering experience.” https://mobile.twitter.com/Andi_Rohn/status/1350299906183860226">https://mobile.twitter.com/Andi_Rohn...
Here I write about technologies to stay relevant as an iOS engineer. https://mobile.twitter.com/Andi_Rohn/status/1378861859055407108">https://mobile.twitter.com/Andi_Rohn...
Junior & aspiring devs this is for you!

Tips on résumé writing so you can actually get that interview. https://twitter.com/Andi_Rohn/status/1345218260543787010">https://twitter.com/Andi_Rohn...
P.S. This isn& #39;t (necessarily) something to "aspire" to. I wanted to...
- Showcase a trans woman "succeeding"
- Help others from marginalized groups

What& #39;s important about multiple big tech offers is for negotiation. I raised my salary about $50k(!) because of competing offers.
You can follow @Andi_Rohn.
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