Are you a professional android developer that uses an iPhone? Why?
Asking because this is me. I am a senior android developer and I’ve used an iPhone for the past 2-3 years. Why? - Because my family and friends all use iMessage and it’s hard to get them to switch. I am aware of beeper, but I’ve been on their waiting list for over a year now. Similar thing for FaceTime, though I don’t use that much so not a big deal. - Airdropping files to my mac is just so easy and convenient. Also my girlfriend prefers my phones camera to hers a lot (she has an older iPhone), so will often take pictures with my phone (a lot of pictures), and then airdrop them to herself. - The last android phone I had was a Pixel 3xl, and it was just so incredibly buggy and laggy when I needed it most. I know that things have changed. But I have seen a lot of people reporting an ton of bugs with their pixel 6 on Reddit. Also the fingerprint sensor has gotten a ton of bad press on that phone. I would actually prefer a fingerprint sensor to Face ID, Face ID is awful for me. I have looked at some Samsung devices. I used to be into one+ phones, but they’re not really as good anymore. - AirPods and AirTags. I lose my keys a frightening amount, and AirTags are great for tracking that and helping me actually find them. AirPods for audio quality are just fine, but the mic and easy pairing is why I really had them. But I’ve had this fomo recently about switching back to Android out of fear of my (remote) co workers finding out that a senior member of their team does not even use android or own an android phone. I honestly thought about buying a pixel 5 and just using that I were to ever meet any of them in person. For work I just use a company provided phone. I chose to do android development just because I had a history of side projects and college projects with android, so it just felt like a more natural transition for me to do it professionally. I don’t really favor ios over android or android over ios development. TC (non faang health company that you’ve maybe heard about in passing, but don’t know much about) 170k base 12.5% bonus 30k RSU
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How are the two connected at all? Do you expect everyone working at McDonald’s do eat only Big Macs?
I do iOS dev and I use android... I find iOS so counter intuitive, as buggy as my android phone (which is definitely buggy as well). I hate face ID, definitely prefer my fingerprint sensor. But at the end I think it's more about I'm used to it, the cost of moving to iOS is just too high. On the professional side, swift is so much nicer though, I really like it.
Agree with some of your points iOS has become pretty buggy itself. Also I haven’t used swift, but i really like Kotlin. Will have to give swift a try
I switched to Android development one year ago. I have been using iOS since 2014. I like Android but don’t want to go through the hassle of migrating everything I have on iOS.
What made you switch to android development?
I had always wanted to learn Android in a professional setting.
Your personal life doesn't have to match your work environment. There is no hypocrisy in an Android developer using an iphone.