Developers are excited about official support for Kotlin on Android, but what does this mean for business owners? Is this a positive change, or a burden?
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Chris boasts some mean engineering skills: he’s been a key part of our Android team since 2011, and became team director in 2013. He’s an author of our best-selling Android programming book, and helped create our Android Essentials bootcamp.
Chris’s love for teaching is sparked by knowing that when you teach someone new skills, you’re changing their lives for the better. And he’s putting that to good use: In his tenure at Big Nerd Ranch, has taught more than 30 classes. Before his reign at the Ranch, Chris wrote code in the corporate world after completing his Masters at Georgia Tech, and impressed us by winning our very first Clash of the Coders competition.
In addition to his nerdy interests, Chris spends his free time sailing, riding his motorcycle and working around his house.
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Developers are excited about official support for Kotlin on Android, but what does this mean for business owners? Is this a positive change, or a burden?
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