How Falling Behind Actually Got Me Ahead
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Quits a six‑figure accounting career, studies Hacking with Swift and completes 100 Days of Swift, builds a small notes app called Little Things, and lands a full‑time iOS role eight months after starting. Explains using Swift (after trying Unity/C#), practicing projects repeatedly, joining the iOS community and a jobs Slack channel, and wrestling with imposter syndrome; shows what was built, what tools were used, how many months it took, and that it actually works.
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