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Cocoa developers in Belgium
If we discuss the bright future of the mobile web, it’s always about one phone. We marvel at the excellent idea of distribution of iPhone applications through iTunes. But if we start discussing real application ideas, I can’t help wondering whether there actually are people in Belgium who have the necessary coding background to tackle an iPhone application. I can only think of one. Anyone else out there?
Addendum
Mike Lee writes:
When Apple announced the iPhone SDK, they launched the next bubble. (…) There’s just one problem: there are no engineers to write these apps. There are maybe 3000 Cocoa engineers on the planet, and most of them work for Apple. Three years ago I wasn’t sure how I was going to feed a family writing Macintosh software. Now I turn down more money in a day than I’ve made in my entire career. People in the valley who are eyeballing the huge money cloud are coming to the resource pool and finding it dry. There simply are no engineers.
Marco writes:
For those who were willing to look past the initial discouragements and actually learn Cocoa and Objective-C, their prospects were… writing only desktop software, only for the Mac, in the golden age of platform-agnostic web applications and the dusk of most desktop software. Not a very appealing prize.
And good luck ever getting a job with that skill. Most employers probably think Objective-C is a typo on your resume, and you meant to say something like “object-oriented C”.
“So, Mr. Arment, uh… does this mean you know C++? We’re looking for someone with 15 years of .NET experience.”
Also see How the iPhone will forever change the mobile space by Brian Fling.
I am a Belgium Iphone developer looking for other Iphone Developers. I started learning the Objective C-language this summer so it is all very new to me. I went to the WWDC08 in San Francisco and got a week of Iphone development training. I am now trying to chew it down. Hope to find some interested fellow developers too so if you are interested you can look at my site (under contstruction) or leave a comment here.
August 25th, 2008 at 2:26 ∞Great that you started this thread!
I am a belgian new iphone developper too, it’s also very new for me. My skill is poor and I asked me if there are training courses in Belgium ?
December 15th, 2008 at 5:00 ∞Hei Samuel I could not find any cources in Belgium but maybe this can help. http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs193p/cgi-bin/index.php
December 24th, 2008 at 3:27 ∞It is a course given at the stanford University
I’m not a iPhone developer, I’m an C/Object-C developer. I believe developing for iPhone is not much different, except for some hardware specifications (like the need of an Intel Mac with OS X Leopard and an iPhone or iPod Touch ofcourse :) ).
If I could find a job as an Objective-C developer I would take it. No mather if it’s for iPhone or for a Mac sollution.
Also I have a lot of UNIX knowledge, wich is much needed if you want to develop Macintosh App’s.
January 8th, 2009 at 5:01 ∞I’m an Objective-C/Cocoa developer. Currently I do this for fun but always happy to share idea’s.
I’m now busy creating some simple board games for Mac .
February 5th, 2009 at 1:55 ∞In the evening (and sometimes night) I’m working on my Objective-C & Cocoa skills. I have been planning this for such a long time. Now I got finaly started on it. During the day I’m a Java software engineer. My wish is to do a job where I can develop in Cocoa. But in Belgium I don’t see some movement in that area.
March 25th, 2009 at 11:31 ∞My learning plan: first Mac-software, next iPhone & iPod Touch apps.
Much like Bart I’m a programer-analyst during the day and Cocoa developer in the evening. Just started developing my first iPhone app to see how it works. Would take a Cocoa job if there would be any but there seems not be any real demand in Belgium at the moment.
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:53 ∞Also much like Bart.
July 23rd, 2009 at 9:25 ∞During the day i’m a programmer-analyst. In the evening I currently explore/get to know the iphone sdk.
If there would be a job out for obj-c in belgium that would be nice … I assume there are a lot more of people like us. No dev usergroup yet (http://appleusergroups.com/locator/find/locate.cgi?country=22 ). Does the need exist for a belgium dev user group or not ?
Hi guys,
Just found these threads*nice*_
The first comment i would like to share is that you CAN program iphone apps in MaxMsp/Jitter en the open source antagonist PD. Also the free Processing app makes it possible to write apps fro the iphone.
I am a media artist and mainly busy with my own projects [media installations, AV productions, research, collabs with universities (national and international), teaching, etc.]
My interest in iphone apps is twofold:
Currently we (together with an organisation in bxl) are working out a EU cultural funding applications with a deadline in october 2010. For this project we would like -also- to develop some iphone apps.
We have already some cool ideas.
The other interest is on a more personal level. I like to come up with new concepts, designs, … etc.
Also the hybrid character of some apps, merging art & design is something i really like.
I refer to Golan Levin’s recent TED Talk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G0MzlfMPuM
So, i don’t know where you guys are right now and if there’s something concrete growing out of this exchange but i would like to get in contact with all of you. So keep me posted about future meetings, etc. I am deeply interested.
Best regards,
August 1st, 2009 at 9:41 ∞F
Well if you’re looking for iPhone developers, I can give you 2 names: me and my friend cimm (www.suffix.be). We currently released our first iPhone app called 7am. And the second one is almost ready!
Still looking for some innovative ideas though!
August 26th, 2009 at 5:51 ∞Hi Jelle,
Thx for your reply! 2morrow i’ll have a meeting with the q-o2 concerning the EU project and consequently i’ll have more info 2morrow.
In any case, we could organize a meeting with you, cimm, me… i could explain you the project, we could share ideas, brainstorm a little, …
What do you think?
Best regards,
F
September 6th, 2009 at 9:26 ∞Hey guys,
Would be fun to meet one day. Can we organize something?
Bye,
F
f.d.w.angelfire@gmail.com
September 16th, 2009 at 10:56 ∞Dear all,
October 11th, 2009 at 6:44 ∞their is a cocoaheads now. Please visit http://www.cocoaheads.be , next meeting is somewhere in Octobre and its oriented to Mac and iPhone development
Thx Herman!
October 14th, 2009 at 8:48 ∞As Herman mentioned, we started a Belgian CocoaHeads chapter last month. It is still pretty much in it’s infancy, but we are trying to get regular meetings up and running. Next meeting should probably be at the end of this month.
Please keep an eye on http://www.cocoaheads.be for more info, check our CocoaHeads Belgium Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/cocoaheadsbe and make sure to connect in LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=2342382&trk=anet_ug_grppro
Regards,
Stefaan Lesage
October 20th, 2009 at 1:55 ∞In every conversation I’ve had with possible employers, they all want you to have a Master degree in IT. Here’s a hint: no school or university in Europe is teaching Objective-C! I hope future employers will understand this concept and be more “Open-Source” about their candidates. Thank you in advance.
December 2nd, 2009 at 5:09 ∞Hi, we are currently looking for cocoa developer’s (mobile applications). We offer full time contract (Brussels) Please send your cv’s + price net/month: fredvandenbreede@me.com
March 10th, 2010 at 8:58 ∞Thanks!
Hello, we are currently looking for cocoa developer’s to develop iphone applications. We offer full or part time contract (Brussels) Please send your cv’s + price net/month: tco@pse.be
Thanks in advance,
Thierry
March 20th, 2010 at 1:36 ∞