I'm a full time iOS dev that taught myself. I spent a ton of time working through my struggles via StackOverflow and piece working online tutorials.<p>Very cool to see what you were able to build in only 12 weeks.<p>Why did you choose this, instead of learning yourself. Didn't you still have to do all the work to learn even with the program?
I know the point of this post is to show how a non-technical person learned to code enough to build iphone apps in 12 weeks, but I'm really, really excited about "Wired In." Well done.
Edit: being down voted because of an opinion?<p>Hey, I want to middle school with Caleb!<p>On a more related note: It's exciting to see others realize how simple and painless Apple has made iOS dev. It still takes logical chops and a keen eye to make something worthwhile, but the bridge between non-developer and developer is getting shorter and shorter.<p>The new iOS 8 kits will shorten that gap even more.<p>Still, as a developer myself with some successful projects behind me, I'm a student of thought that the marketplace is becoming so saturated it will only be very high-caliber apps that survive. Or, I guess, developers who can stick out the rough times as well as the good ones. How new developers fit into that landscape is still uncertain.<p>As I haven't done any Android development, can anyone shed light on how similar the two processes are (iOS dev vs. Android)?
Thank you for addressing the value of individualized learning and for assessing your experience based on the knowledge you acquired as opposed to your employability.<p>For every person that learns something on their own, there are many more that pay for courses, tutors, and even private coaching, due to some of the reasons you mentioned. I don't understand why programming is any different.