243: Mastering the Art of Switching Careers in Tech with Dan Lew

04/10/23 • 48 min

In this episode, Donn and Kaushik talk to long-time friend Dan Lew about his recent career switch from Android developer to TypeScript/Node.js/Progressive Web App Developer (and more).

It's an interesting discussion that covers ...

Why Dan decided to leave the Android world
The challenges he faced when he moved from one tech stack to another
How to prepare for a big change like this (mentally, financially, etc.)
How to create the life you want live vi by identifying what's important to you
and much more ...

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In this episode, Donn and Kaushik talk to long-time friend Dan Lew about his recent career switch from Android developer to TypeScript/Node.js/Progressive Web App Developer (and more).

It's an interesting discussion that covers ...

Why Dan decided to leave the Android world
The challenges he faced when he moved from one tech stack to another
How to prepare for a big change like this (mentally, financially, etc.)
How to create the life you want live vi by identifying what's important to you
and much more ...

Donn's Git Course

Need to learn Git? Donn has the course for you. In this FREE course, you'll learn everything you need to know to start working with Git everyday. Watch it here.

AndroidJobs.IO

Job postings are FREE on AndroidJobs.IO during the early release phase (at the time of this recording).
Sign up to get notified of new jobs every week as well.
AndroidJobs.IO

Software Freelancing

Contact

@fragmentedcast or our Youtube channel

@donnfelker and donnfelker (on Instagram)

Freelancing for Mobile Developers (Donn's YouTube)

kaushikgopal (on YouTube) or kau.sh/blog or @kaushikgopal

Disclaimer: Many of the links we share to products are affiliate links. They help support the production of Fragmented. Thank you for your support.

Previous Episode

242 - Kotlin Code Formatting with ktfmt and spotless

In this episode, Donn and Kaushik talk about one of the age old bike shedding topics - code formatting, and how you can solve it with automation and tools.

Code formatting can turn into an endless debate amongst peers and teams, and what Kaushik and Donn have found is that this can be delegated to a tool and automated. Freeing you and your team of having to worry about proper indentation, bracket placement, etc. By relying on a well defined tool and some automation you can clean your code up, make it much more uniform and easier maintain.

We talk about ktfmt, a Kotlin code formatter that was released by Facebook. We dive into ktlint, detekt and more. We also dive into spotless which can help you by integrating ktfmt into your gradle build pipeline.

Donn's Git Course

Need to learn Git? Donn has the course for you. In this FREE course you'll learn everything you need to know in order to start working with Git everyday. Watch it here.

AndroidJobs.IO

Job postings are FREE on AndroidJobs.IO during the early release phase (at the time of this recording).
Sign up to get notified of new jobs on a weekly basis as well.
AndroidJobs.IO

Software Freelancing

Contact

@fragmentedcast or our Youtube channel

@donnfelker and donnfelker (on Instagram)

Freelancing for Mobile Developers (Donn's YouTube)

kaushikgopal (on YouTube) or kau.sh/blog or @kaushikgopal

Disclaimer: Many of the links we share to products are affiliate links. They help support the production of Fragmented. Thank you for your support.

Next Episode

244: Reviving Our Passion for Android Development

In this episode, Donn and Kaushik announce that they are steering the podcast back into Android waters. In other words, the Fragmented Podcast is returning to its roots ... we're back to being a 100% Android Development focused show.

We're glad to have you as a listener, here's to the future of Android Development. 🚀