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Ian Bird

@IanDBird

Father, Husband, Nerd and bakes too much bread. Engineer, previously @twitter, @plex. Also found @ianb@androiddev.social

 Edinburgh
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Joined July 2010
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🚀 Excited to kick off my 'SwiftUI for Jetpack Compose devs' series! 🔄 Dive into the world of cross-platform development, with the first post on state management. Check it out 🔗: chrisbanes.me/posts/swiftui-… #SwiftUI #JetpackCompose #MobileDev
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David@DaveBinM30 Jun 2023
If anyone’s looking for a Test Engineer, please reach out. I'm a former Sr Test Engineer, with experience in regression testing, functional testing, UX testing, test plans, and stakeholder management.
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7 roles up on the @komoot jobs page right now, including 2 on the #data teams 🎉 It's a great place to work, with amazing flexibility and a cool product. Any questions feel free to reach out 👇 komoot.com/jobs
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I've just updated the slides from the 'Branching out to Jetpack Compose' talk @mrmans0n and I gave at at @droidconLondon! I'll update the recording when it becomes available. chris.banes.dev/talks/branch…
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So I was just told my offer has been rescinded while going through airport security. London folks, if you know someone looking for Android devs please let me know. Thank you very much.
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"Twitter's engineering team is cool, but a laughing stock amongst its peers" —@alexhern Great one Alex 🙃. Come back to me when you have anything to back that up, or any relevant experience in software engineering to actually make that judgement.
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@guardian29 Apr 2022
Will Elon Musk regret buying Twitter? – podcast theguardian.com/technology/a…
Will Elon Musk regret buying Twitter?

Will Elon Musk regret buying Twitter?

Alex Hern explains why the Tesla boss may find that running Twitter and making a profit is a greater challenge than he bargained for

theguardian.com
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I’m looking to hire an EM for Twitter’s real-time communication team. Are you technical af? A servant leader af? Ready to live and breathe WebRTC af? Hit me up! Or, since that’s not really how I talk, send to me a direct message please. See smrtr.io/8DkDW
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Emerging from my Twitter hibernation to share a post I wrote on using @nextjs and @vercel at @plex. medium.com/@plex_engineering…
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Ataul Munim@ataulm9 Dec 2021
I wrote about State Descriptions on Android and a bit about the backwards compatibility support. Thanks @Lojanda and @calren24 for the reviews and support! medium.com/@ataulm/state-des… #gde #a11y #AndroidDev
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Alright, I'll be giving away this $10,000 Gucci XBox to a follower who retweets this in the next 24 hours. I'll ship it anywhere on earth. Good luck. Here's what's inside: youtu.be/JnGXTk57rOU
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I make these crossbody bags myself from scratch! it cost $0.00 to rt and help me grow! 💞 Secureamsterdam.com
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🍻Mega Competition Time!🍻 We are opening a @BrewDog bar in Las Vegas! Retweet for the chance to win an amazing 4 day trip to Las Vegas to the official opening for you and a friend. 3 lucky winners will be picked at random.
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Mac/AppKit developers, this is a fantastic job opening and a wonderful place to work. sketch.com/careers/mac-devel…
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If you are using @TwitterSpaces on iOS 15 (iPhone XS or later) you can use Apple's voice isolation mode to reduce background noise. Swipe down from the corner to show the control panel, and there will be a Mic Mode button to select Standard, Voice Isolation or Wide Spectrum.
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Lien@lientm25 May 2021
we’re hiring for 8 android engineers in my org (mid-level to senior). come help us build rich experiences that create new forms of content and improve the mechanics and comprehension of conversations on Twitter. DMs are open, or you can check out link below!
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🍻Competition Time!🍻 We are opening this amazing @BrewDog beer hotel in Edinburgh with beer on tap in all the rooms & fridges in the shower for shower beers. Opens Q3 2021. Retweet for a chance to win a 2 night stay for 2! 3 lucky winners will be picked at random 🙂
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BREAKING: some restriction easing in Scotland is being accelerated - from Friday we can leave local authority area to travel anywhere within scotland for recreation. Outdoor meetings extended to 6 people from 6 households.
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🚨 Sketch is hiring! Mac/AppKit developers wanted, preferably Euro/African time zones. The projects are exciting, people are 💯, and the company as a whole is brilliant. I can't think of a better place to be a mac developer. also: 100% remote. sketch.com/careers/mac-devel…
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I’M TRYING TO GO TO SPACE & you can help me get there! If you retweet this video, I’ll print your name on a shirt and wear it in space in your honor ☄️ #inspiration4contest #sendsimonetospace sendsimoneto.space/
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@MrBeast20 Feb 2021
In 24 hours I’m going to give one random person that retweets this tweet $10,000 in Bitcoin! (Yup, gonna experiment with this instead of cash haha) Make sure you follow me so I can dm you if you win :)
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