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A Non-Traditional Tech Degree

Talkat AlterConf Atlanta 2015 · on Saturday, 2015-02-28· [career-development]
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Claims a route from non-CS degree to a working app by teaching oneself core skills and shipping an MVP within months. Uses Swift and Xcode and basic concepts like arrays variables and storyboards; learns components (slide-out menu) from YouTube tutorials, Codecademy Lynda Udemy and StackSocial; breaks the idea into Lego-like pieces, assembles a minimal product, and reports that the build runs and iterates rather than stays an idea.

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