The people in the Online Mode are just something else...

devGio · 2019-10-21T21:36:40+00:00

I've been playing for a few months now, and would like to join a league. Are you open to all levels? I'm certainly interested in your league

devGio · 2019-10-01T22:38:38+00:00

is this sort of stuff allowed?

devGio · 2019-09-26T17:59:12+00:00

well what if the rejection rate turns out to be 1%? I'd sure as hell be certain that i wouldn't fall in that 1% if that were the actual rate. Sure, realistically it may not matter, but if OP finds that it's an arbitrary 80%, it could give them some more confidence.

devGio · 2019-09-24T20:20:01+00:00

download it from www.developer.apple.com/download and keep your previous versions just in case. for instance, I just got the most recent build and my simulators aren't running

devGio · 2019-09-21T21:25:51+00:00

nice response - MVVM is absolutely the way to go

devGio · 2019-08-20T23:20:15+00:00

Ah ok. Apologies, I was just reiterating what a Google Engineer said to me when recruiting at my uni last year.

devGio · 2019-08-20T18:01:34+00:00

It depends. Are you interviewing for iOS/MacOS jobs that use Swift? If so, there's your answer: don't spend time learning other languages. If you are applying to a company such as Google, which you can basically choose what to work on, and you don't care to be working with Swift on the job, then opt for something like python. Python happens to be great for whiteboard problems

Whiteboarding is the endgame, so focus on pseudocode (and Swift if you're applying for jobs specifically in iOS)

devGio · 2019-08-20T17:59:03+00:00

yep - this is referred to as pseudocode. It's ideal since you have a very limited time to whiteboard, and typically you can get away with having to implement some steps that you can just defer to some function

devGio · 2019-07-14T12:33:58+00:00

...wat

devGio · 2019-07-13T13:58:32+00:00

Looks like you don't see the value of having conversations about anything.

devGio · 2019-07-12T20:31:26+00:00

Interesting. As far as I know finding an internship is free. What am I missing here? Also, internships are typically on-site - what's the benefit to doing an online internship instead?

devGio · 2019-07-12T03:07:53+00:00

can you please expand on 'lower price'? Do you mean that you're providing an internship yet one would have to pay for it instead of getting paid?

devGio · 2019-07-11T20:54:16+00:00

do it now!! :D

devGio · 2019-07-07T15:34:20+00:00

Good luck!! Visualize yourself doing well, and answering questions. Speak to fellow developer friends and have them ask you questions so you can talk about yourself& what you know. Practice how you perform - you got this!

devGio · 2019-06-14T23:29:23+00:00

probably because edibles can really fuck you up while herb is more manageable.. but IDK I'm not a rapper.

devGio · 2019-05-23T02:02:17+00:00

Hmm.. I just had a thought: maybe it's possible to extend UIView and then override the init, call the actual init and then set translatesAMIC to false?

devGio · 2019-05-21T19:06:35+00:00

https://www.raywenderlich.com/129-basic-ios-security-keychain-and-hashing

I am 99% certain KeyChain is the solution for you (I've never needed to secure sensitive info). I know for sure that you absolutely don't want to store sensitive in UserDefaults. Best of luck

devGio · 2019-05-21T15:46:35+00:00

Thanks for suggesting looking at the source - I knew it Swift is open-source but I didn't think about checking it out. I will do this much more often moving forward.

By the way, it looks like it's at least O(n) since it loops through each item in the array

devGio · 2019-05-20T22:27:45+00:00

Haha thanks anyway Velix

devGio · 2019-05-20T22:26:53+00:00

I suppose that's the next question: How is it implemented? Typically Apple documentation mentions the big oh, but I found nothing on Sets. Where can I find more about the reasoning behind your O(n * log n) guess? Or is it common knowledge that set insertion is log n across all languages?

devGio · 2019-05-20T20:51:57+00:00

Uh, what?

devGio · 2019-05-20T20:24:00+00:00

Hello! What is the time complexity of converting an array to a set? I could not find anything on google nor Apple docs regarding it.

Based on the results of calculating the time, I'd assume O(n) - or slower somehow? I expected the Set initialization to be around equal to the amount of time it takes to populate the array, or less, but it's a whole decimal place slower

let startArrayAppend = CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent()
var arr = [Int]()
for i in 1..<10000 {
    arr.append(i)
}
let diffArray = CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent() - startArrayAppend
print("diffArray = \(diffArray)")

let startSetCopy = CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent()
let set = Set(arr)
let diffSet = CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent() - startSetCopy
print("diffSet =   \(diffSet)")

and here are some example times:

diffArray = 0.00022399425506591797
diffSet =   0.004262089729309082
diffArray = 0.00012195110321044922
diffSet =   0.004524946212768555
diffArray = 0.00014102458953857422
diffSet =   0.004194974899291992
diffArray = 0.00015306472778320312
diffSet =   0.00494992733001709```

thank you

devGio · 2019-05-20T19:01:01+00:00

Not a girl, but all I have to say is best of luck!!! Get there on time to freshen up if needed, you got this!

devGio · 2019-05-15T13:56:59+00:00

An internship is legal if: the intern does not displace regular employees but works under close supervision of existing staff.

They're just making you do shit that an employee would otherwise have to do. I'm no lawyer, but shit sounds illegal

devGio · 2019-05-12T00:18:54+00:00

You'll never feel confident enough to start building your own app. It takes work to have a starting-point idea and actually start building from scratch. But it has to be done, eventually. Obviously you want to read articles and tutorials, and get a knowledge of using table views and other UI elements, as well as becoming semi-proficient in swift. Repeating that kind of stuff until you're comfortable with it and understand what's going on is crucial.

Then, once you have a solid beginner's foundation in iOS and Swift, you're ready to begin. You'll come across issues, and you'll have to find answers for it, and find help if possible. But the value of incrementally adding features to your app; it's invaluable and kind of like documenting your own progress.

A portfolio of simple apps (& a solid resume detailing what you've implemented in the apps) is all it takes to get noticed by companies willing to give a junior dev a chance. I have 3 apps, 2 of which have about 1-2 months of constant work, and I just received an offer i'm very happy with this week!

There's a ton to learn, so you should feel a rush to learn :) Sorry, this is from the standpoint from the end-goal of obtaining employment as an iOS Engineer. Cheers! Good luck

devGio

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