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Hell Has Frozen Over

Journal by MichaelDavidCrawford
I'm learning Swift.

So far I don't see why it's any better than Objective-C. Perhaps I'll find that out later.

I just resumed iOS App development after quite a long hiatus. My iPhone was stolen and my MacBook Pro dropped dead just a couple weeks after AppleCare expired.

Now I have a Mac Mini and an iPhone 7. (The 7 Plus is too large to hold comfortably.)

I've been working on Warp Life since time began.

Some of the APIs I use have been deprecated. I'm unfamiliar with their replacements, and have found that all the tutorials are in Swift.

My current job is a consulting contract. While my clients and I really like each other, when I finished all their projects I'll be out of work again.

I hope to get a job as an iOS App Developer. Just to be considered for that role, one has to have published at least one App in the App Store. Having a stellar resume doesn't help one bit - you need that one published App, even if it's totally braindead.

I've got at least six months before I have to look for a new client.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 06 2017, @09:34PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 06 2017, @09:34PM (#549635)

    You've come a long way and I'm glad things are still working out for you. It's past time for you to update you user description:

    I sing on the street for tips in downtown Portland. I've been homeless since 2012; presently I sleep in a tent, but I'm down with that as it is quite a good tent, I have a real warm sleeping bag and some real wool clothes.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 06 2017, @10:36PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 06 2017, @10:36PM (#549663)

    Yes he should update his description because it reads exactly like a spoiled rich kid who went camping and thought it would be totes edgy to live like a homeless dude.

    The new description should mention how MDC leveraged his stellar resume to beat the odds of longterm unemployment in a country where any employment gap is a death sentence. MDC should write a book about how survivorship bias does not exist because anyone can bullshit their way from a warped life all the way to success by downloading his patented motivational app from the app store.

  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday August 07 2017, @01:57AM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Monday August 07 2017, @01:57AM (#549728) Homepage Journal

    Tonight, I promise.

    I no longer need the tips but I'd like to continue singing on the street. But with a two hour commute each way I don't have much free time.

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    Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]