

You want the LinkedIn algorithm to have enough time to pick up that you have a new career. Once you start creating your own projects, update your LinkedIn so that the title and bio says that you're an iOS Software Engineer. Makes you look more credible when applying Get at least one app into the App Store, even if it's a simple news app. To make it easier on yourself, you can expand upon a tutorial app and add in your own features and ideas

Choose any cheap or free course and you'll be able to grasp Swift and Xcode about 30% of your way in. Get out of doing tutorials and start building projects for your portfolio ASAP. Here is what I'd tell someone who's a beginner:

It's an understatement to say that it's a difficult to get into and I still think I got extremely lucky because both the hiring manager and all the iOS devs on her team are self-taught, so they understand my journey and asked practical coding questions (no Leetcode). My journey started 2 years ago but I didn't focus seriously on learning and getting a job in it until I got laid off in November 2019. I just got my first iOS developer job last week with no CS or bootcamp degree.
