How is iPhone? Contracting? Compared to contracting?

[temp444]

Post of the week!
This had me in stitches. I'm not sure whether it was meant to be funny though

Yes, I was being very sarcastic ... I've been an iPhone contractor since mid 2008 and often get asked these kind of questions.

[dang65]

It's definitely worth getting some experience with web development for mobile devices, at least for iPhone, iPad, Android smartphones and Opera Mobile on Symbian devices. More and more front-end roles have that as a requirement, which isn't surprising considering the slightly unanticipated sudden proliferation of those devices.

iPhone apps are a big deal at the moment and there's bound to be some short term cash to be made there, but it's a bit of a limited niche to waste a load of time on, especially when one bit of careful website development will give you an "app" which works across loads of devices in one go.

The mobile web is suddenly viable and isn't likely to go away. It's even useful to have olden days experience of dial up modem access when you had to keep everything as lightweight as possible. That's a big obsession now for a lot of clients and again isn't really likely to go away soon.

[The Agents View]

It is possible to have a contract with a digital media agency



Yes I believe the smart phone market seems to a growing a little bit.



Supply and demand determine rates. How many resumes would you get for an ASP.NET developer role?



Yes there are contract roles which are like other contract roles.



Sometimes higher, sometimes lower and a few are exactly the same.



Money is generally good ... I still like money.



You need a minimum experience equal to the experience stated on the job ad.
Be careful not to put more than 2.5 years on your resume because the iPhone SDK has only been out 2.5 years.



I am not thinking Monotouch



Good decision, concentrate on contracting.



Oh flexible ... maybe you could charge the client for building apps AND then submit them as paid apps with the money going to your bank account. Kill two birds with one stone

Post of the week!
This had me in stitches. I'm not sure whether it was meant to be funny though

[Wanderer]

I like that idea - it's greedy and probably will get you fired the moment you try it as it will be against your contract terms and conditions and you'll be competing against your client who hired you in the first place.

I've done work where code is developed, the contract states that te author of the code retains copyright and licenses the client to use the code. As you say, it depends on your contract terms but it is not uncommon for this to happen. It depends if it's a business to business contract or a work for hire contract.

[cojak]

You need a minimum experience equal to the experience stated on the job ad.
Be careful not to put more than 2.5 years on your resume because the iPhone SDK has only been out 2.5 years.

That's REAL experience, not just how much you're prepared to lie about on your CV.

But if you are going to lie on your CV, don't worry about 2.5 years, or any limit like that. Interviewers will often not know how long technology has been around for.

If you're stupid enough to lie, you're stupid and greedy enough to believe that

Oh flexible ... maybe you could charge the client for building apps AND then submit them as paid apps with the money going to your bank account. Kill two birds with one stone

I like that idea - it's greedy and probably will get you fired the moment you try it as it will be against your contract terms and conditions and you'll be competing against your client who hired you in the first place.

[temp444]

It is supposed to be hot, but I think it is more like web-agency work than contracting,

It is possible to have a contract with a digital media agency

and if it is hot compared to say PHP

Yes I believe the smart phone market seems to a growing a little bit.

it is not necessarily good money compared to .NET contracting for example.

Supply and demand determine rates. How many resumes would you get for an ASP.NET developer role?

Are there contracting roles, comparable to other contracts?

Yes there are contract roles which are like other contract roles.

How are the rates for these (compared to .NET for example)

Sometimes higher, sometimes lower and a few are exactly the same.

How is money generally?

Money is generally good ... I still like money.

How much experience do you need to get in?

You need a minimum experience equal to the experience stated on the job ad.
Be careful not to put more than 2.5 years on your resume because the iPhone SDK has only been out 2.5 years.

I am thinking of SDK/Monotouch.

I am not thinking Monotouch

(I am not thinking of selling apps through the app-store

Good decision, concentrate on contracting.

but having the possibility to perhaps make a good chunk is part of my motivation)

Oh flexible ... maybe you could charge the client for building apps AND then submit them as paid apps with the money going to your bank account. Kill two birds with one stone

[Troll]

It is supposed to be hot, but I think it is more like web-agency work than contracting,
and if it is hot compared to say PHP, it is not necessarily good money compared to .NET contracting for example.

Are there contracting roles, comparable to other contracts?
How are the rates for these (compared to .NET for example)

How is money generally? How much experience do you need to get in?

I am thinking of SDK/Monotouch.

(I am not thinking of selling apps through the app-store, but having the possibility to perhaps make a good chunk is part of my motivation)

Dunno...have you tried searching Jobeserve for roles ....?

[Oscar]

It is supposed to be hot, but I think it is more like web-agency work than contracting,
and if it is hot compared to say PHP, it is not necessarily good money compared to .NET contracting for example.

Are there contracting roles, comparable to other contracts?
How are the rates for these (compared to .NET for example)

How is money generally? How much experience do you need to get in?

I am thinking of SDK/Monotouch.

(I am not thinking of selling apps through the app-store, but having the possibility to perhaps make a good chunk is part of my motivation)