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!

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(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

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