I'm on a mission to help companies and individuals build better mobile apps
In 2019 I was working in construction, out of town, & away from my family.
One night after coming home again to my kids being asleep.. I decided something had to change.
I spent my evenings and weekends in solace. Blocking out the world, and learning how to code through free online resources like Udemy, YouTube, and other creators.
After building some projects for myself in Flutter, I decided to start freelancing. Fast forward to 2021 and I had finally gotten my breakthrough - my first Software Engineering job as an iOS Engineer.
I had the best start in tech you could ever ask for, and through a fast paced apprenticeship program, sheer grit, and a commitment to better myself and master iOS development.. I had learned from the best mentors you could ever ask for as a junior engineer.
Despite being a top performer, I along with around 20% of the company.. got laid off due to the economy.
After several months, hundreds of applications, and several interviews.. I landed another job as an iOS Engineer. "Hooray!".. or so I thought.
Once again, I was impacted by the economy... only 3 months later.
After that, I decided to make another change, and become my own boss.
Now I spend my days as a contractor, indie developer, and content creator.. helping businesses and individuals plan, build, and launch successful mobile apps
Educational content about native iOS and cross-platform mobile applications in Swift and Flutter.
Learn from my mistakes as I share the wins and losses from launching indie applications in an effort to build a 5-figure mobile app business.
How to utilize AI and SAAS to maximize your productivity, improve processes and systems, and reach your full potential - without sacrificing quality.
I am pleased to recommend Coleton Gorecke as an excellent and professionally consistent iOS Engineer for any engineering team looking to grow. Throughout our time working together Coleton consistently demonstrated strong technical prowess, solid judgment, an ability to deliver with exceptional velocity, and a consideration for both long and short term decision making architecturally. To date Coleton has been one of my strongest engineers in terms of effectiveness immediately after onboarding.
Within the first month Coleton was able to not only support our flagship product launches, and build towards immense pressured deadlines, but additionally take lead on iOS to get us through the finish line to launch ahead of schedule. As Coleton quickly adapts to complex projects, he takes ownership, and efficiently delivers high-quality solutions, all the while ensuring stakeholders across product, engineering, marketing, and leadership are informed on the progress and blockers at a consistent basis.
Beyond his delivery and collaboration skills Coleton is very thorough at tracking his work, providing multiple solutions when blocked, understanding the product from a customer lens, and connecting with engineers and leaders alike to foster buy-in to decisions made.I strongly recommend Coleton for any iOS engineering role.
I believe any company will massively benefit from his presence, and I would go as far to say he is a role model for other engineers to emulate within a given team.
Coleton is very self driven and his tenacity with programming is beyond impressive. I’ve watched him go from a self taught programmer to a full-fledge professional iOS developer in a short amount of time.
I had the pleasure of working with Coleton for a little over two years, starting in our apprenticeship. He was a great coworker, always looking for what needs to be done, figuring out ways to be more efficient.
I have enjoyed working with Coleton over the last two and a half years. I found him to be hard-working, bright, and a skilled communicator. Not only was Coleton successful in his iOS engineering role at First Orion but he was also able to publish his own application to the app store.
