Lost and the failing, how one college graduate went on to become an iOS developer

Byryan

Let me start by briefly stating my background. I graduated high school in 2012 knowing two things for certain: I wanted to play college basketball and I had no idea what I wanted to study in college.

 

Fortunately enough, I went on to college lucky enough to be given the chance to play college basketball with my mind made up that I was going to study psychology. I did and still do enjoy picking people’s brains and trying to understand what motivates one individual to behave the way they do.

 

But that’s not the whole story.

Source: How a lost kid went from failure to iOS developer against all the odds

From zero to coder, Jordan LaGrone writes a pretty inspirational story on how he became an iOS developer.

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