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Kirill, 33 years old, iOS developer, never worked as a programmer, income from programming: 0. So, why read this message? I created my own VPN application for iOS – both backend and frontend. Currently, the app is available on the App Store, translated into 53 languages, and has 127 ratings worldwide. I want to tell you about a different way to earn money in IT: without experience in IT (and working in a team)
without despised (by me) interviews Let's start. Background: I worked and am still working in a company not related to programming. By the end of my 29th year, I changed jobs but suddenly realized that I didn't want to spend my life on jobs that irritated me, so I decided to try IT. I almost immediately realized that I wanted to study iOS -> Swift because the iPhone is always at hand, so developing applications for myself seemed like a cool idea. In 3.5 years of studying to become an iOS developer (with an 11-month break), I encountered 4 mentors, the last of whom was Anton Nazarov. His sale of "successful success" with the response "for real" seemed convincing to me. For 8 months, he helped me study UIKit, and we wrote a test app together. In my opinion, this experience became a decisive factor in my further path, for which I am immensely grateful to him. After finishing my lessons with the mentor, I started looking for my first interview. After composing a resume (together with Anton, in advance), I spent 3 days looking for a job, sending around 500 applications. Guess how many interview invitations I received? Correct, 0. After that, I decided, "screw it, I'll come up with a project and implement it myself." This is where the most interesting part began. From idea to today. In 5 days, I chose the theme of the application - a VPN app based on the modern WireGuard protocol. In 1 month, I was able to launch a WireGuard VPN tunnel on my physical device, i.e., the app worked as a full-fledged VPN. In 3 months, the backend on Swift with a database and the application itself (client part/front end) was ready. In 5 months, I managed to open a developer account as an individual (in Russia), but it turned out that publishing VPNs is ONLY available to legal entities. I had to "find" a legal entity and open a developer account on it. After that, the first version of the app was published on the App Store. In 7 months, I talked to one of my mentors (another mentor, not from Russia), and he suggested I change the design. The design was indeed terrible; it’s much better now, though still far from ideal. And so, a year has passed. The quality of the app has grown significantly. Servers have become much better and faster, the app is translated into 53 languages, and obfuscation (masking from blocks) has been implemented, which works excellently even with mobile operators. In recent months, I haven't received any negative reviews (they can be sent directly in the app under "Problem?"). Currently, a new company (foreign) has been registered to enable in-app purchases from Apple, but until this is done, the app is completely free. My workday. 07:00 - woke up, took a bath, ate, and took the child to kindergarten 09:30 - meeting with a colleague at work, which means work has begun 15:00 - 18:00 - pick up the child from kindergarten, the main job ends, and I can finally start my favorite job 19:00 - by this time, I've usually eaten and rested for an hour, then I start thinking about what to do today, what I feel like doing at the moment. It can be anything: finding new countries for VPN (including analyzing censorship in each country)
coming up with new features (new function, button, adding servers)
planning a new design
fixing bugs
analyzing countries with high censorship to translate the app into those languages
optimizing the iOS app (ASO) in the App Store (like SEO for the App Store)
creating a promotional video for the VPN
writing an article (like this one) to expand the app's audience
responding to user reviews/problems (rarely)
legal issues related to the company, bank account, developer account, server payments, etc.
setting up servers/writing Bash scripts together with "chat" for quick deployment 00:00 - finish the "main" work for/about the app and go to rest (e.g., read Habr, ask ChatGPT questions) 01:00 - go to bed Why Did I Choose a VPN? Surprisingly, creating a VPN application turned out to be much easier than I imagined, especially when you have an amazing assistant-mentor ChatGPT Plus. How would I recommend starting your path in iOS development?
Step 1: Vasily Usov's book (part 1, didn't like the second part) + all the free courses on the internet - study in parallel Step 2: Mentor, mentor, and mentor again. Do a test project with them on UIKit or even just SwiftUI. Ideally, the mentor should be a senior (up to 20k/month, no more). Step 3: Get a paid subscription to ChatGPT - this technology is like the internet and bitcoin - the future is behind them. The chat will become your best friend-mentor, cooler than Google. In 1-2 years of smooth learning (combined with your main job), you can go for interviews or come up with your startup/product, as I did. Main Conclusions of the Training: I'm not stupid - studying is really EXTREMELY hard (daily psychological struggle with yourself). Without a mentor, it's impossible to understand some things (everyone has their own). While making the VPN, I was also looking for interviews/jobs - I haven't encountered a more nasty market (and I bought cars from unofficial dealers). First, you need to understand the basics (the language itself + how to make a UI + OOP) - you will understand everything else from articles and ChatGPT Plus (without a mentor anymore) Find an app in the App Store that you would like to make, find this app on Sensor Tower, and see how much it brings the authors monthly - be amazed - start making your version of this app. While writing the app, I thought that in the process, I could get a job as a programmer, but that didn’t happen. Now that I've made my product from 0 to 1, I ask myself: "Why should I sell my time working on other people's products, given that I have a main job (as insurance), now I'm my own boss, and I have an app in the App Store?" While I was striving to work for someone else, I didn't notice how I created my startup. Advertising my app. iVPN is a VPN application for iPhone, iPad, and Mac (with M-series processors). https://apps.apple.com/ru/app/ivpn/id6469724902 The app requires no registration, no ads, and is currently completely free. In the future, I plan to charge $2/month. Special thanks to everyone who read this article and to those who will rate it 5 stars in the App Store 🙂 Kirill, 33 years old, iOS developer, never worked as a programmer, income from programming: 0. So, why read this message? I created my own VPN application for iOS – both backend and frontend. Currently, the app is available on the App Store, translated into 53 languages, and has 127 ratings worldwide. I want to tell you about a different way to earn money in IT: without experience in IT (and working in a team) without despised (by me) interviews without experience in IT (and working in a team) without despised (by me) interviews Let's start. Background: I worked and am still working in a company not related to programming. By the end of my 29th year, I changed jobs but suddenly realized that I didn't want to spend my life on jobs that irritated me, so I decided to try IT. I almost immediately realized that I wanted to study iOS -> Swift because the iPhone is always at hand, so developing applications for myself seemed like a cool idea. In 3.5 years of studying to become an iOS developer (with an 11-month break), I encountered 4 mentors, the last of whom was Anton Nazarov. His sale of "successful success" with the response "for real" seemed convincing to me. For 8 months, he helped me study UIKit, and we wrote a test app together. In my opinion, this experience became a decisive factor in my further path, for which I am immensely grateful to him. After finishing my lessons with the mentor, I started looking for my first interview. After composing a resume (together with Anton, in advance), I spent 3 days looking for a job, sending around 500 applications. Guess how many interview invitations I received? Correct, 0. After that, I decided, "screw it, I'll come up with a project and implement it myself." This is where the most interesting part began. From idea to today. In 5 days, I chose the theme of the application - a VPN app based on the modern WireGuard protocol. In 5 days, I chose the theme of the application - a VPN app based on the modern WireGuard protocol. In 1 month, I was able to launch a WireGuard VPN tunnel on my physical device, i.e., the app worked as a full-fledged VPN. In 1 month, I was able to launch a WireGuard VPN tunnel on my physical device, i.e., the app worked as a full-fledged VPN. In 3 months, the backend on Swift with a database and the application itself (client part/front end) was ready. In 3 months, the backend on Swift with a database and the application itself (client part/front end) was ready. In 5 months, I managed to open a developer account as an individual (in Russia), but it turned out that publishing VPNs is ONLY available to legal entities. I had to "find" a legal entity and open a developer account on it. After that, the first version of the app was published on the App Store. In 5 months, I managed to open a developer account as an individual (in Russia), but it turned out that publishing VPNs is ONLY available to legal entities. I had to "find" a legal entity and open a developer account on it. After that, the first version of the app was published on the App Store. In 7 months, I talked to one of my mentors (another mentor, not from Russia), and he suggested I change the design. The design was indeed terrible; it’s much better now, though still far from ideal. In 7 months, I talked to one of my mentors (another mentor, not from Russia), and he suggested I change the design. The design was indeed terrible; it’s much better now, though still far from ideal. And so, a year has passed. The quality of the app has grown significantly. Servers have become much better and faster, the app is translated into 53 languages, and obfuscation (masking from blocks) has been implemented, which works excellently even with mobile operators. In recent months, I haven't received any negative reviews (they can be sent directly in the app under "Problem?"). Currently, a new company (foreign) has been registered to enable in-app purchases from Apple, but until this is done, the app is completely free. My workday. 07:00 - woke up, took a bath, ate, and took the child to kindergarten 09:30 - meeting with a colleague at work, which means work has begun 15:00 - 18:00 - pick up the child from kindergarten, the main job ends, and I can finally start my favorite job 19:00 - by this time, I've usually eaten and rested for an hour, then I start thinking about what to do today, what I feel like doing at the moment. It can be anything: finding new countries for VPN (including analyzing censorship in each country) coming up with new features (new function, button, adding servers) planning a new design fixing bugs analyzing countries with high censorship to translate the app into those languages optimizing the iOS app (ASO) in the App Store (like SEO for the App Store) creating a promotional video for the VPN writing an article (like this one) to expand the app's audience responding to user reviews/problems (rarely) legal issues related to the company, bank account, developer account, server payments, etc. setting up servers/writing Bash scripts together with "chat" for quick deployment finding new countries for VPN (including analyzing censorship in each country) coming up with new features (new function, button, adding servers) planning a new design fixing bugs analyzing countries with high censorship to translate the app into those languages optimizing the iOS app (ASO) in the App Store (like SEO for the App Store) creating a promotional video for the VPN writing an article (like this one) to expand the app's audience responding to user reviews/problems (rarely) legal issues related to the company, bank account, developer account, server payments, etc. setting up servers/writing Bash scripts together with "chat" for quick deployment 00:00 - finish the "main" work for/about the app and go to rest (e.g., read Habr, ask ChatGPT questions) 01:00 - go to bed Why Did I Choose a VPN? Surprisingly, creating a VPN application turned out to be much easier than I imagined, especially when you have an amazing assistant-mentor ChatGPT Plus. How would I recommend starting your path in iOS development?
Step 1: Vasily Usov's book (part 1, didn't like the second part) + all the free courses on the internet - study in parallel Step 2: Mentor, mentor, and mentor again. Do a test project with them on UIKit or even just SwiftUI. Ideally, the mentor should be a senior (up to 20k/month, no more). Step 3: Get a paid subscription to ChatGPT - this technology is like the internet and bitcoin - the future is behind them. The chat will become your best friend-mentor, cooler than Google. In 1-2 years of smooth learning (combined with your main job), you can go for interviews or come up with your startup/product, as I did. Main Conclusions of the Training: I'm not stupid - studying is really EXTREMELY hard (daily psychological struggle with yourself). I'm not stupid - studying is really EXTREMELY hard (daily psychological struggle with yourself). Without a mentor, it's impossible to understand some things (everyone has their own). Without a mentor, it's impossible to understand some things (everyone has their own). While making the VPN, I was also looking for interviews/jobs - I haven't encountered a more nasty market (and I bought cars from unofficial dealers). While making the VPN, I was also looking for interviews/jobs - I haven't encountered a more nasty market (and I bought cars from unofficial dealers). First, you need to understand the basics (the language itself + how to make a UI + OOP) - you will understand everything else from articles and ChatGPT Plus (without a mentor anymore) First, you need to understand the basics (the language itself + how to make a UI + OOP) - you will understand everything else from articles and ChatGPT Plus (without a mentor anymore) Find an app in the App Store that you would like to make, find this app on Sensor Tower, and see how much it brings the authors monthly - be amazed - start making your version of this app. Find an app in the App Store that you would like to make, find this app on Sensor Tower, and see how much it brings the authors monthly - be amazed - start making your version of this app. While writing the app, I thought that in the process, I could get a job as a programmer, but that didn’t happen. Now that I've made my product from 0 to 1, I ask myself: "Why should I sell my time working on other people's products, given that I have a main job (as insurance), now I'm my own boss, and I have an app in the App Store?" While writing the app, I thought that in the process, I could get a job as a programmer, but that didn’t happen. Now that I've made my product from 0 to 1, I ask myself: "Why should I sell my time working on other people's products, given that I have a main job (as insurance), now I'm my own boss, and I have an app in the App Store?" While I was striving to work for someone else, I didn't notice how I created my startup. While I was striving to work for someone else, I didn't notice how I created my startup. Advertising my app. iVPN is a VPN application for iPhone, iPad, and Mac (with M-series processors). https://apps.apple.com/ru/app/ivpn/id6469724902 https://apps.apple.com/ru/app/ivpn/id6469724902 The app requires no registration, no ads, and is currently completely free. In the future, I plan to charge $2/month. Special thanks to everyone who read this article and to those who will rate it 5 stars in the App Store 🙂

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Image Credit: The Lonely Planet With its projected population of over 272 million by 2020 and its economy ripe for becoming Southeast Asia’s next big hub, Indonesia presents itself as a nation ready for growth in cleantech innovation. If capitalized correctly, Indonesia has the potential to harness renewable energy into a vehicle for prosperity. The Indonesian government is just beginning to make changes to focus on resource efficiency and management, with both established companies and startups working together with Indonesia’s utilities to provide innovative solutions to this problem. technology Investment in Indonesia’s Renewable Energies Sector Indonesia has attracted record amounts of renewable energy investment within the last several years, announcing certain deregulation to help encourage FDI. Early 2015 saw Indonesia cutting its consumers’ fuel subsidies, with the intent being to manage oil/gas resources more efficiently. This in turn attracted attention from the in late 2015, who approved $500 million in loans for Indonesia to help stimulate investment in the country’s emerging clean technology sector. Indonesia’s also announced in early 2016 that it had attracted over $325 million in renewable energy investment. Additionally, Indonesia has also recently been approved for over $55 million in grants to support geothermal energy investment from the , further driving the cause of clean tech in Indonesia. Asian Development Bank Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry World Bank Indonesian-Focused Clean Tech Startups , a former seeing unprecedented growth since its inception in 2010, established its headquarters in Ubud, with the goal of bringing clean tech to Indonesia. With funding partners including tech incubator and asset management firm , has developed multiple internal projects to accomplish this goal. One of its best-known initiatives includes the “Wonder Women” program, where women from rural villages are empowered and trained to become Tech Agents, establishing Tech Kiosk micro-stores to sell clean-tech appliances on commission. With exclusively-designed products including the micro-solar energy system and the CO2-reducing CH-2300 , Kopernik is bringing affordable clean technology to rural areas, encompassing all sorts of renewable energies in Indonesia. Kopernik startup Inotek Russell Investments Kopernik BrightBox Cookstove Another company emerging from its startup roots and becoming a true industry power in Indonesian clean tech is . With over $150 million invested, including an undisclosed Series D round with as the majority investor in 2015 and Series C funding of over $20 million from and in 2011, Fluidic Energy’s rechargeable zinc-air battery technology has drawn intense interest from the energy investment community. The 2015 announcement of the “500 Islands” project has Fluidic promoting both rural development and increasing renewable energy usage to Indonesia’s weak power grid environment. Fluidic has so far delivered energy to over 90 villages in the archipelago nation, making its efforts one of the region’s largest rural electrification projects. With over 40MWh of energy storage worldwide, Fluidic Energy leverages its zinc-air energy storage technology to bring sustainable energy to developing regions such as Indonesia, bolstering the growing clean tech market in this nation. Fluidic Energy Caterpillar Chevron Energy Solutions Madrone Capital Partners Renewable Energy in Indonesia The geothermal industry has huge potential in Indonesia, with Indonesia ranking as one of the world’s largest potential geothermal resources. The World Bank has recently approved over to support Indonesian geothermal energy projects, split between infrastructure development and actual technical assistance, both of which are currently lacking in Indonesia. One huge milestone for Indonesian geothermal energy was the financial closing for a large geothermal plant by , one of the world’s largest energy utility companies in the Solok Selatan region in West Sumatra province. Historically challenged by lack of funding in renewable energy sectors, the Engie plant is an excellent example of Indonesians seeing the increasing importance of renewable energy as a resource. Combined with the approved investment funds via the World Bank, the Indonesian geothermal industry has great potential to utilize its currently untapped power. $55 million in grants Engie The solar industry in Indonesia currently faces certain framework and developmental challenges. However, with government involvement in clean technology growing alongside privately funded projects, the solar realm seems to be gaining ground on the road to industry maturity. The government has taken huge strides in addressing concerns with the Indonesian solar market, with the (EMR) taking on both large and small projects, providing funding for rooftop solar systems at airports and government buildings, as well as funding over 500 solar PV mini/microgrid projects. Additionally, the Indonesian government has created new regulations to support solar systems for utilities, furthering the future of Indonesian clean tech. Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Indonesia is among the top ten countries with the biggest hydropower potential in the world. As Indonesia’s dependency on fossil fuels rises, clean technology is becoming increasingly focused on by consumers, the government, and private sector alike. Micro-hydro power, producing about 5KW to 100KW of electricity, has seen a growth rate of over , with over 450 MW of electricity currently coming from micro-hydro power in Indonesia. The government has set goals to quintuple this number by 2025, developing partnerships and funding through the domestic economy utilizing feed-in tariffs. These are payments to ordinary energy users for the renewable electricity they generate, which incentivize Indonesians to pursue hydroelectric power, among other clean tech initiatives. 700% since 2000 Wind power in Indonesia is another form of renewable energy that Indonesians must capitalize on. With help from the US-based (OPIC), has secured funding to build a $120 million wind farm,providing 70 MW of wind-generated electricity to Indonesians in South Sulawesi. , a joint venture between and , is further looking at adding over 1,000 MW of wind energy to Indonesia in the next 5 years. With this project being the first utility-scale windpower, Indonesia’s goal of increasing its amount of renewable energy from 6% in2016 to 23% by 2025 is becoming increasingly more realistic. Overseas Private Investment Corporation UPC Sidrap Bayu Energi UPC Sidrap Bayu Energi UPC Renewables Binatek Energi Terbarukan Conclusion Given the unprecedented growth in the Indonesian renewable energy space in the last several years, Indonesia has a prosperous road ahead for clean tech. With viable solutions through geothermal, solar, hydro, and wind platforms, combined with successful implementations of these solutions through organizations like and , Indonesia’s weak grid environment is emerging as one of its potential strengths. Indonesia has showcased its ability to not only grow its clean tech industry, but also thrive in it, given the proper combination of governmental support, strategic partnerships between start-ups and established energy and financial organizations, and technological know-how. Indonesia’s renewable energy industry is one that is on track to thrive and drive investment in this country for many years to come. Kopernik Fluidic Energy

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