I also did, and had written code for/on other mobile devices before, and did write a large number of even very ambitious software for other mobile devices later.
I do not see any past constructive experience as a waste of time.
Incredible counterexample, but oddly relatable.
I'd probably have achieved techbro 'post-economic' status earlier if I focused on Android dev instead of the shiny (and new at that time) Xamarin for Windows phones.
God I almost invested in Xamarin after Windows Phone got aborted, I did spend a lil time on UWP, but thank god Flutter came out not so long after that. After all these years I learned to stay away from Microsoft tech stack.
I also did, and had written code for/on other mobile devices before, and did write a large number of even very ambitious software for other mobile devices later.
I do not see any past constructive experience as a waste of time.
Did you write anything for Symbian or PalmOS before WP?
Yes, absolutely. (Actually, "this friend of mine" goes back to programmable calculators ;) - my very first versatile palm computing devices.)
Incredible counterexample, but oddly relatable. I'd probably have achieved techbro 'post-economic' status earlier if I focused on Android dev instead of the shiny (and new at that time) Xamarin for Windows phones.
God I almost invested in Xamarin after Windows Phone got aborted, I did spend a lil time on UWP, but thank god Flutter came out not so long after that. After all these years I learned to stay away from Microsoft tech stack.