I'm an iOS developer in Dallas too. Without going into too much bagging on our terrible developer community, I will say that you have a couple of choices:
1. Bag a few freelance gigs. Build up your skills and confidence.
2. Try to get your foot in the door with a creative agency. Dallas has a lot of agencies and they generally are always looking for iOS developers for projects. The work is usually pretty simple.
3. Get in touch with Bottle Rocket. They're a local iOS development shop and may have need of junior developers.
If you ever want to grab coffee let me know. My contact info is in my profile.
You're not kidding about the lack of a developer community. Thanks for the tips. I'll look into the creative agencies. I'll definitely reach out to BR and see what happens. I'm pretty green though so, we'll see. Thanks for the offer for coffee, I may take you up on that!
1. Bag a few freelance gigs. Build up your skills and confidence.
2. Try to get your foot in the door with a creative agency. Dallas has a lot of agencies and they generally are always looking for iOS developers for projects. The work is usually pretty simple.
3. Get in touch with Bottle Rocket. They're a local iOS development shop and may have need of junior developers.
If you ever want to grab coffee let me know. My contact info is in my profile.