May 23, 2021My first week as an iOS developerThis past week was my first week working as an iOS developer for a company that is actually paying me. It was surreal and let me tell you about my struggles with imposter syndrome. I got a job offer, I couldn’t believe it. I had gone through months of rejections…New Job5 min readNew Job5 min read
Apr 10, 202110 Tips to help you get the most from your online course.I don’t know about you but I have found that I have purchased and enrolled in more online courses than I should and some I never even started. As of today, I have 88 Udemy courses and I think I only ever finished 1 course. …Learning To Code5 min readLearning To Code5 min read
Mar 10, 2021What are Delegates and Protocols?As I am preparing for my first iOS job and studying for interviews. One area that I feel a bit intimidated by is the idea of protocols and delegates. They seem to always be connected but are they really can we use one without the other? …Swift Delegate3 min readSwift Delegate3 min read
Mar 4, 2021How I learned that there’s more to building an iOS app than just writing codeWe were asked to build an iOS app and a web app that analyzes data from cities such as populations, cost of living, rental rates, crime rates, park (walk score), and many other social and economic factors that are important in deciding where someone would like to live. …Building An App5 min readBuilding An App5 min read
Feb 20, 2021It’s not easy to code, but…How do you know if you should learn to code, and the best answer I can give you is to try it. Don’t enroll in a bootcamp and spend thousands of dollars. Do it for free, there are many ways to start. Most bootcamps usually have a free version of…Learning To Code2 min readLearning To Code2 min read
Jan 28, 2021Swift SyntaxI find that sometimes I forget the correct syntax for items and here are a few of my most common ones that I have searched this past week. Switch Statement Syntax switch <item to compare to> { case1: statement case2: statement case 3: statement default: statement } Ternary Operator <condition…Swift1 min readSwift1 min read
Jan 20, 2021It’s never too early to start your job searchI am a career changer, my background is in aviation and education. I know they don’t really go together but they did for me. I was on a journey to be a pilot and to gain experience I was working as a flight instructor. I had lunch with a new…Learning To Code2 min readLearning To Code2 min read
Jan 11, 2021Teach to LearnWhat is more frustrating than learning to code? Teaching others to learn to code. In my experience I have not encountered many things that have frustrated me more than learning to code that includes raising two sons who are now teenagers, learning to land an airplane with grace, training a…Learn To Code4 min readLearn To Code4 min read
Dec 27, 20205 things I wish I knew when first learning SwiftIt’s been about 1 year of me learning swift on a full-time basis. As I continue to learn there are some things that keep coming up that I wish I was told 1 year ago. So I am sharing them with you now. The learning is really never going to…Learning To Code4 min readLearning To Code4 min read
