I appreciate your enthusiasm, David. I will be soon begin to learn iOS Developer skills. I enjoy creative pursuits. And solving problems. For me, the potential opportunity benefits far exceed the perceived costs of learning new valuable skills. And learning is fun! Thank you for all your valuable insightful commentary. :)
Really good video! I had to buy a macbook and be an intern in two companies for the same time (Quitted my job to maintain the internships). I think iOS development is on the top right now, and if there's someone willing to start, he/she doesn't need to hesitate about it.
Thank you do much Dave for sharing your story! You have mentioned at one of your previous videos that you ended up finding first job at CVS in Chicago. Would you please share any information concerning potential income junior IOS developer can expect in the Chicagoland?
Hey Dave, i have recently joined a startup where i am developing an app on Flutter for iOS, i do have a Mac for the development and am in the process of setting up an Apple developer account. I wanted to know if i will need an iOS device too for continuing the process of development and testing in future? Will an iOS device be absolutely necessary at some critical point in the future till the app is ready to be published on the App store?
THAT 👏 COULD 👏 HAVE 👏 BEEN 👏 A 👏 TESLA 👏 Now I'm thinking about my costs for becoming a software engineer (went the university route with 4 years of opportunity costs) and now I want to cry. Great video Dave!
I'm not advocating that it should cost anyone this much or that one path is right for everyone, just sharing what my journey looked like in the hopes that other people who are considering a similar career change have this as a reference to make their own fully informed decision. I also have another vid about the entire process that it took me to land my first iOS role after deciding to quit my job, if you are interested in more details: ua-cam.com/video/QiJ9ge57gkI/v-deo.html Thanks for watching💙
The math on this is all wrong. This was not opportunity costs. Was the bootcamp actually 41 weeks? You don't take the amount of your earnings, you take the net that you would have made. If you're at 60K and you have two incomes, you probably pay 25~50% in total state, federal and other taxes. This was an interesting approach but, IMO, foolish. The entry level jobs in iOS are very hard to find. The iOS stack has been around for over 10 years now and the last listing I checked, there was only one opening that was an intern, the rest all wanted proven experience. Without a background degree or past real world work in the industry, this was a big risk. Even now, it's not very safe until you hit about 3~5 years. Interesting story, hope it all pans out, but it wasn't the path I would have taken. It would be interesting to hear more about the bootcamp and how effective it was.
Thanks for the comment. The bootcamp was 3 months long and I have another video reviewing my time there. Then I spent about 6 months after that job searching, working on projects, and interning until I landed a job, and I have another video all about that process as well. So in total, I had no job for 41 weeks. I wanted this one to be shorter and more focussed on the topic of cost. I agree it is not a safe or guaranteed thing but for me, since I had the cushion in terms of finances, it was a calculated risk which I am very glad I took. I'm not saying everyone should do that but for me it was the right call over staying in a mediocre role with an unclear career trajectory and much less income potential. Many won't make it with how challenging things are today but this channel exists to help people who are willing to work hard increase their likelihood of success because becoming a software developer is a wonderful thing for the right person.
Absolutely! Technically all the info I learned is free online but the rate at which I was able to learn and the access to instructors was well the money in my case. It saved me TONS of time and energy to learn the fundamentals that I was then able to build off of after.
I came upon this channel perfect time, thank you bro keep up the iOS vids!
I appreciate your enthusiasm, David. I will be soon begin to learn iOS Developer skills. I enjoy creative pursuits. And solving problems.
For me, the potential opportunity benefits far exceed the perceived costs of learning new valuable skills. And learning is fun!
Thank you for all your valuable insightful commentary. :)
You're welcome!
Really good video! I had to buy a macbook and be an intern in two companies for the same time (Quitted my job to maintain the internships). I think iOS development is on the top right now, and if there's someone willing to start, he/she doesn't need to hesitate about it.
That’s really cool! I’m glad it worked out for you!
Thank you do much Dave for sharing your story! You have mentioned at one of your previous videos that you ended up finding first job at CVS in Chicago.
Would you please share any information concerning potential income junior IOS developer can expect in the Chicagoland?
Hey Dave, i have recently joined a startup where i am developing an app on Flutter for iOS, i do have a Mac for the development and am in the process of setting up an Apple developer account. I wanted to know if i will need an iOS device too for continuing the process of development and testing in future? Will an iOS device be absolutely necessary at some critical point in the future till the app is ready to be published on the App store?
THAT 👏 COULD 👏 HAVE 👏 BEEN 👏 A 👏 TESLA 👏 Now I'm thinking about my costs for becoming a software engineer (went the university route with 4 years of opportunity costs) and now I want to cry. Great video Dave!
Yes it is certainly painful to think about 😬
But on the other hand, if it puts you on a better trajectory in life then it's all worth it! 🚀
I'm not advocating that it should cost anyone this much or that one path is right for everyone, just sharing what my journey looked like in the hopes that other people who are considering a similar career change have this as a reference to make their own fully informed decision.
I also have another vid about the entire process that it took me to land my first iOS role after deciding to quit my job, if you are interested in more details:
ua-cam.com/video/QiJ9ge57gkI/v-deo.html
Thanks for watching💙
The math on this is all wrong. This was not opportunity costs. Was the bootcamp actually 41 weeks? You don't take the amount of your earnings, you take the net that you would have made. If you're at 60K and you have two incomes, you probably pay 25~50% in total state, federal and other taxes.
This was an interesting approach but, IMO, foolish. The entry level jobs in iOS are very hard to find. The iOS stack has been around for over 10 years now and the last listing I checked, there was only one opening that was an intern, the rest all wanted proven experience. Without a background degree or past real world work in the industry, this was a big risk. Even now, it's not very safe until you hit about 3~5 years.
Interesting story, hope it all pans out, but it wasn't the path I would have taken. It would be interesting to hear more about the bootcamp and how effective it was.
Thanks for the comment. The bootcamp was 3 months long and I have another video reviewing my time there. Then I spent about 6 months after that job searching, working on projects, and interning until I landed a job, and I have another video all about that process as well. So in total, I had no job for 41 weeks.
I wanted this one to be shorter and more focussed on the topic of cost. I agree it is not a safe or guaranteed thing but for me, since I had the cushion in terms of finances, it was a calculated risk which I am very glad I took. I'm not saying everyone should do that but for me it was the right call over staying in a mediocre role with an unclear career trajectory and much less income potential.
Many won't make it with how challenging things are today but this channel exists to help people who are willing to work hard increase their likelihood of success because becoming a software developer is a wonderful thing for the right person.
As far as the tuition goes, I think you for a banging deal on the education. Some bootcamps are soooo expensive. Finally catching up on videos haha!
Absolutely! Technically all the info I learned is free online but the rate at which I was able to learn and the access to instructors was well the money in my case. It saved me TONS of time and energy to learn the fundamentals that I was then able to build off of after.