From Homeless to $130k+ iOS Dev | Self-Taught

Three years ago Ezra Black was homeless, living in his car, and using McDonald's wi-fi to learn how to code from YouTube and online courses. Today his life has completely changed and he's a full-time iOS Developer at T-Mobile making mid six figures. This is his story.

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Timestamps
0:00 - Homeless to iOS Dev
0:24 - How He Ended Up Homeless
1:41 - Why iOS Development?
2:14 - McDonalds Parking Lot Wi-Fi
3:25 - YouTube University
4:57 - How Did He Network w/ Other Developers?
6:00 - The Big Break
7:13 - Bootcamp Experience
9:11 - How He Got Job Interviews
10:51 - Twitter Philanthropy
11:57 - Hackathon to First Job
13:36 - Contract to Full-Time Process
15:09 - What’s Next For Ezra?

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[software-sage]

Very inspiring story! We need people like Sean who post videos on YouTube that changes peoples lives.

[danielkarath]

Ezra used to watch motivational videos back then not knowing that his story’s about to be the most inspiring of all in a few months down the road. Truely incredible journey, have nothing but respect

[dhc]

Extremely inspiring Ezra! At 50 I left a career I thought I would do forever(long story but it wasn't an easy decision). But I didn't really have financial cushion. I have been driving Uber to feed my family (wife and 3 kids) about 50 hours/week. I have been studying via Udemy courses mostly. I am starting in internship very soon thanks to my network.
It's been really tough and I am not there yet.
But when I hear this story it is motivation to keep going. I'll be 52 in a couple months and I'm not stopping.
Thanks Ezra and Sean!

[nicorohland]

Amazing, this is exactly what I need to hear, just starting with iOS development at 25yo.
Thanks for sharing!

[John-gx]

This is incredible. This man used McDonald’s Wi-Fi to learn. If this doesn’t make you feel inspired I don’t know what will. Incredible job, Ezra!

[chrispyk]

What a great story Sean. Thanks for sharing.

[thejohnd]

I remember Ezra from Lambda School. Happy to see he’s doing well!

[Accountabilio]

Big respect, man! I’m looking to transition from a job in sales as an account executive to a job as an iOS developer, and seeing Ezra’s achievements just proves that anything is possible as long as you put in the work!

[kennyanderson]

Thanks so much. That inspires me to keep going and whenever I get frustrated, I'll watch it again.

[dmitryarkharov]

A cool guy with deeply insipring story. Good luck, Ezra 🍀

[DaveJacobseniOS]

Ezra is such a baller! Great testament to what can be achieved by combining grit with building relationships.

[nathancombs]

That’s awesome man. Congrats. Been there. I know what it’s like.

[dinhhuyviet]

Cool. This job has also changed my life. Thank you so much for story.

[AranErlich]

Thank you Sean and Ezra, inspiring, good luck 💫

[amrhussein]

thats what i was looking for. hanks for helping

[karunjose]

Oh what an inspiring journey... Respect 🔥🔥🔥

[BroCoGaming]

Thanks for this video both of you. Truly inspiring. I hope to have a career change story of my own in the future and this really helps with the motivation.

[isurujn]

Inspiring story! Amazing how quickly one can turn their life around with the help of the internet.

[johndigiovanni]

Excellent story. So glad he was able to change his life! All the best!

[DarrinSmiddy]

I absolutely love this video & his journey. So inspiring since now I'm learning iOS Development.