Looking for a chance to move from the corporate world to the startup world

6 pointsagurha14y ago7 comments

Hello All,

Apologies if this is slightly off topic but I’ve been a lurker on this list for a while and thought I’d put myself out there for a change..

I’m a developer working for a large investment bank looking for a chance to get into the startup world. I have about 7-8 years of software development experience with very strong object-oriented/relational database skills but I’d like to break away from the corporate Microsoft stack (C#, WPF, WCF, SQL Server) and get into mobile development, specifically iOS development.

I’m quite familiar with the syntax and idioms of Objective-C, having co-developed a simple anagram game for iPhone called ‘WordSketch’ during my spare time in the evenings and weekends last year. We managed to get it into the app store, got a few hundred downloads but nothing spectacular ;) I also gained exposure to the basics of UIKit, interface builder and CoreData whilst building the app. (We decided to use cocos2d for the game engine, so I have pretty good exposure to this library too).

I wouldn’t regard myself an experienced Objective-C developer but I hope the above shows that I have the drive to learn and pickup new languages, frameworks and concepts very easily if given the opportunity.

Basically, I’m looking for someone to take a chance on me. I’d be happy to work unpaid for a few months whilst I become more proficient. I’m still a beginner so I doubt I would be able to deliver straight away on a new project but I’m sure given a few months of on the job learning I can get up to speed.

I just think after years of working for a large company, I have gotten to the stage where I feel I would be happier working for a smaller start-up. I’d like to work somewhere where I don’t feel like just another cog in the wheel, somewhere where I feel like I am actually contributing to the companies products and where I can wake up in the morning and actually feel excited about going to work!

Thanks for reading, Ankur

The app is currently out of the app store as I chose not to renew my license for the time being, but here is a short review: http://thesmartph...

If you are interested in getting in touch, email me off the list, also - i’m happy to go for coffee.

7 comments

dmmalam14y ago

After knowing Ankur or a year or two, I believe he is underselling himself. He is an talented dev who can pick up new environments very quickly: non trivial iOS game in a month; functional programming with F# in a few weeks etc He is also a genuinely nice guy and has business acumen.

If your in London, and want someone to hack projects with, then you could do a lot worse!

helio77714y ago

Hey Ankur, maybe we could be a good fit, can´t access your email though. We are a pretty early stage start up, creating a mobile plattform. We are based in Berlin, but it could anyways be nice to chat. so drop me a line at zehnfischer at gmail dot com happy to hear from you. Torsten

mrkmcknz14y ago

Ankur,

You will have to add your email to your profile as it's not visible by default.

A lot of people will want to get in touch from what I have read.

Good luck!

padwiki14y ago

Ankur,

Interested, but contact info not visible by default.

Email at 1stdraft at google's mail service dot com.

-B

agurhaOP14y ago

Im located in central-ish london, uk