A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be selected for a once in
a lifetime opportunity to attend Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers
Conference (WWDC)! The conference is for app developers to see new
features early and get suggestions with their apps. I currently have
six apps on the AppStore that have over 25,000 downloads and I am
working on more. The whole experience was so much more thrilling
and insightful than I could ever have imagined!
The week started off with a journey to Apple Park where we were
able to have in-depth conversations with some of the Apple engineers
who have worked in various areas of software development. I was even
able to meet and take a selfie with Tim Cook, the Apple CEO.
As the week progressed, we were able to attend sessions and labs.
The sessions were in a lecture form and were really helpful at showing
us new features and technologies and how to use them. The labs were
even better as I received one on one help from the engineers and
designers. All of the labs were booked out in one minute, but thankfully
I was able to get all of the ones that I wanted. They assessed my
apps and helped me understand how to improve them and how to reach
more users.
I also made many great friends and new contacts from inside Apple
and from developers all over the world. Overall, the week was fun,
exciting and educational all at the same time and was something that
I will never forget.