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Would you go for mobile development again, after 10 years of doing it?

Adam Świderski on February 01, 2023

Would I? I went to a meetup in my city last week and a guy I just met there popped a question after a while of conversation: with my exp...
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Shai Almog

I've been working in mobile since the 90s working on some key devices in the pre-j2me era all the way up to today's phones/tablets. I wouldn't recommend it for two reasons: Apple and Google.

Both can demolish your career in a heartbeat. There's zero protection from bad actors in the stores. If you have a problem, there's literally no one to complain to. It's "my-way or the highway".

In my (heavily biased) opinion we should all use cross platform tools and try to focus more on the full stack. So our mobile investment is minimal.