Andrew Madsen talks with Dave Rael about geeking out, Lambda School, programming for Mac and iOS, audio, video, teaching, and making an impact
Andrew is director of the iOS program at Lambda School. He has been doing Cocoa development for the last 14 years, with a particular focus on audio and video apps for creative people. A full time iOS teacher for the past three years, he loves sharing the wonderful world of Swift and iOS with new programmers. Andrew is also co-host of the iPhreaks iOS development podcast, and enjoys being a part of the developer community. Despite embracing Swift starting in 2014, Objective-C will always be his first love.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Andrew Madsen
- - Andrew's early impressions of development on Mac and iOS
- - Andrew's interest in audio and video
- - Andrew's experience with podcasting
- - Andrew on Objective-C
- - How Andrew got started in software and the experience of being a teacher of software engineering
- - Lambda School
- - Andrew's story of failure - having to throw away the result of months of effort, difficulty in designing hardware parts
- - Teaching about real software development in teams at Lambda School
- - Remote teaching
- - Andrew's book recommendation
- - The things that have Andrew most excited
- - Andrew's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Andrew
Resources:
Andrew's book recommendation:
Andrew's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Pay attention to details
- Learn to listen to people
- Don't kill yourself with work