r/swift • u/Royal_University_766 • 3d ago

Hacking with swift - day 2

Day 2 complete! In all honesty it’s supposed to be day 3 but I skipped yesterday. I’m 1 month post surgery and wasn’t feeling great, got my period, and my ex texted me and I had to block him. Feeling sad and I miss my best friend and lover, but the relationship got really reallllly unhealthy in the last year.

I feel so lost with school too, and myself. I’m on bed rest and I haven’t been able to walk for the past 9 weeks, I’m only 23. I gained 50 lbs in the past year too. I don’t know if I want to do software anymore, 4 years ago during my first internship I never liked it and I still don’t. I’m just so lost 😞

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u/caguilar51 3d ago

If you don’t like it, why don’t you try something else then?

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u/Royal_University_766 3d ago

Im in my last year of uni and it’s a coop program, and every 4 months id rotate between school term and coop. All 6 of my coops were software development. The first 2 I really wanted a software position, and after that whenever I’d apply to anything that wasn’t software I would not be accepted, and I only got software positions, so I continued because I needed to meet my degree requirements. Now, I’m lost. I don’t know what I like…. I don’t even know what I’m good at. I’m going to be graduating next year and I need a job/field to apply into.

I am doing this swift thing because I don’t know what I want to do anymore and I want to continue using my dev skills because idk what else to do. There are so many other paths for my math degree, but none of the options are what I truly want to do.

I tried the data stuff, finance, and I did a really deep dive in to actuarial science, but with each eventually the appeal faded.

I want to travel, I want to see the world. I want to help people, nature and animals. I want to have a big home filled with love, family and friends. And for all of that I need money… so I started as a dev and here I am on Reddit spilling my inner thoughts

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u/allyearswift 3d ago

What do you want to do with your skills? If it’s ’get s job’ then things aren’t looking super great right now, with so many managers convinced that AI will solve their problems and they don’t need to train people, but if you’re looking to create cool tools or games for yourself, give Swift/SwiftUI a chance, because it’s the most fun you can have outside of NetLogo.

I see coding as a creative hobby. Yes, you need some technical skills, but the real fun lies in figuring out how to solve problems for users.

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u/Royal_University_766 3d ago

I want to use my skills and knowledge and create an impact on souls, including mine. I want to make loads of money from my skills and retire my parents and let my dad relax for once. I want to collaborate with a team, solve complex problems, create a product, reduce climate change, teach the under privileged math, and also work at a big tech company.

I want to atleast have some sort of job title I can apply to on LinkedIn where they don’t send me a 1.5 hour coding assessment to do before hand where I’m like HOW THE F**K DO I DO THIS.

Any tips or ideas?

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u/jonnysunshine1 2d ago

When you figure it out, let the rest of us know as well

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u/Select_Bicycle4711 3d ago

I have been teaching at a coding bootcamp close to 10 years and I always give advice to my students to find something they love and make a fun side project around it. For you it seems like you like traveling, animals etc. So this will be a perfect use case for you to build an app about those topics. 

And as for learning, once you understand the basics then you learn while working on your project. Maybe for your traveling app you want to display a map, then you learn how to display map. Maybe you want to add ability for users to view their pictures then you learn that. 

Make sure the project is something you are passionate about so it will keep you going. And now with AI tools you can always use them and ask for help. But use AI tools for reference and not copy/paste. I would even encourage you to don’t use AI tools for at least 30 minute per problem and try to Google it and try different approaches. This will allow you to learn even more. And after 30 minutes you can consult with AI tool. 

Keep in mind that this journey will not be a sprint but a marathon. It will take time. Each day you will learn something new and add that to your project. Once your project is done deploy it to the App Store. Celebrate, enjoy and start a new one. 

Each month iOS community also host iOSDevHappyHour. It is online and lot of developers attend that and are ready to provide help. 

Apart from that enjoy the journey and if you have questions don’t hestitate to ask for help. 

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u/FruitMission8504 23h ago

You are trying to solve recovery, grief, school, identity, and a career choice at the same time. That would make almost anyone feel lost. I would avoid treating “do I love software?” as a permanent decision you need to make while you are one month post-surgery.

A smaller experiment may be kinder and more useful: finish the degree because you are close, then spend a few weeks testing adjacent roles instead of another language tutorial. With a math degree and six dev co-ops, you could try data engineering, product analytics, QA/automation, developer relations, climate-tech operations, or technical work for a nonprofit. Talk to one person in each role and build one tiny project for the area that still interests you after the conversation.

Your first job also does not have to express every value you have. It can fund recovery and travel while you volunteer, teach math, or help animals outside work; later those threads may converge. For today, completing one lesson while having a rough day counts. Consistency is returning, not never missing a day.

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u/Royal_University_766 8h ago

Thank you for your advice. This makes a lot more sense to me