After finishing my 3rd and final stack at Coding Dojo, I took a week off to basically just not look at code. This was well needed, and I’m glad I had the chance to do so. Fifteen weeks of coding daily was mentally draining.

So where am I now? I’ve temporarily relocated to Oklahoma City for job training. I started early last week as a junior iOS developer. That feels really good to say/type. It took a lot of work to get here.

Every day has been consumed by iOS development. I want to meet whatever expectations my employer has for me, so I’m back to living on my Macbook.

Around my third day here, I submitted my first bug fix for our app. It was challenging, but actually fixing something that will be used by clients globally was an amazing feeling. It was a small bug to fix, but dammit, it was my fix.

The iOS team here has been very helpful. There’s a lot going on with their codebase, and it’s going to take some time to get familiar with it all. Having someone that will eventually rely on me to do a good job is a huge motivating factor.

I’ve started working through ‘Cracking the Coding Interview’ along with an iOS development book that I picked up. Both are helping me fill in what gaps I have, but I feel like the more I learn, the more I realize how little I know. There’s a tremendous amount of information out there.

Every day I realize more and more that I have been incredibly fortunate to not have to struggle to land a job in this industry. The experience I’m gaining here will be invaluable.

I appreciate you taking the time to read this long overdue post. See you next time!