2022 - A year in review

When I started writing my goals out for 2022, I had thought it would’ve been my “Snow Leopard” year, where I focus more on refinement and general improvement rather than big, ambitious (but realistic) goals:

2022 is going to be eventful for me for various reasons: graduating and finding a place for myself, for one. I don’t want to be worrying on trying new things in the tech space and push myself too hard. Rather, I want to spend this year refining what I know and making even better products than before. I want to take time to master SwiftUI, SpriteKit, Godot, C#, etc., to make more performant, solid products. I want to have fun with the work I’m doing and make it the best I can be.

It is now the end of the year, and I have to say that this did fortunately come true. Besides graduation and getting a job as an iOS developer, I spent a lot of this year refining my current skills with a multitude of projects. This allowed me to accomplish a fair amount, and I’m pretty happy with that.

First, I started some serious work for my upcoming game, Indexing Your Heart. I was unsure if the project would last for various reasons, but I was able to get out of my creative block and create a prototype for iPhone, iPad and Mac. I’ve never been more excited, as this game is more ambitious than Unscripted.

After spending four years at Goucher College, I have finally graduated and continued to refine my software development career by becoming a full-time iOS developer. It’s no secret to anyone that I really enjoy creating apps for Apple’s platforms over the years, despite the challenges such as App Store restrictions and API limitations. Now, I get to continue to foster that love and excitement as I take it on, both personally and professionally.

I’m looking forward to how 2023 plays out in the future, and I hope that things continue to look up from here.