https://salari.dev/writing/ Career systems for iOS, Android & cross-platform Engineers. en Mike Salari Mike Salari Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://salari.dev/writing/what-interviewers-score-while-you-share-your-screen/ https://salari.dev/writing/what-interviewers-score-while-you-share-your-screen/ The code is only one part of a live round. The interviewer is also recording how you frame, choose, verify and recover while the screen is shared. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Mike Salari Interviews https://salari.dev/writing/react-native-interviews-happen-at-the-boundary/ https://salari.dev/writing/react-native-interviews-happen-at-the-boundary/ The framework answer is only the surface. Senior judgment appears where JavaScript, native work and product constraints meet. 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The staff transition does not: your work must improve decisions beyond the feature and beyond your own presence. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Mike Salari Staff engineering https://salari.dev/writing/the-engineer-nobody-chases/ https://salari.dev/writing/the-engineer-nobody-chases/ The most common reason capable engineers stall has nothing to do with code. It is how much coordination work lands on other people after you have finished. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Mike Salari Career strategy https://salari.dev/writing/a-correct-android-answer-can-still-fail/ https://salari.dev/writing/a-correct-android-answer-can-still-fail/ Two answers to the same Android question, both correct, scored completely differently. What senior loops are measuring once you clear the knowledge bar. 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Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT Mike Salari Swift concurrency https://salari.dev/writing/mobile-ai-features-need-product-boundaries/ https://salari.dev/writing/mobile-ai-features-need-product-boundaries/ How to think about on-device AI, LLM features, privacy, latency, fallback behavior and user trust in mobile apps. Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT Mike Salari AI https://salari.dev/writing/tech-lead-code-review-is-a-system/ https://salari.dev/writing/tech-lead-code-review-is-a-system/ Good code review is not comment volume. It is a system for quality, ownership, mentoring and risk control. Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT Mike Salari Technical leadership https://salari.dev/writing/freelance-mobile-architect-needs-positioning/ https://salari.dev/writing/freelance-mobile-architect-needs-positioning/ Why independent mobile architecture work depends on clear problems, scoped offers, proof and delivery boundaries. Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT Mike Salari Freelancing