S3 E2 – Alex Styl: Quitting Apple to Become an Indie App Developer

Today’s guest is Alex Styl – ex Apple employee turned independent app developer.

In this episode we discuss:

  • Working at Apple
  • Choosing happiness over profit
  • What it’s really like being an indie dev
  • How to find users
  • How to promote your product
  • and much more!

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Connect with Alex

You can find Alex over on Twitter @alexstyl & over on his website alexstyl.com



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