01 Oct 2024

Today, I enrolled in the Essential Developer program! I've wanted to join this program for a long time to sharpen my knowledge base, and I'm thrilled to finally be part of it.

Being from Nepal, it was quite a challenge to enroll due to two main reasons:

  1. The cost: The program costs almost $2000 USD, which is quite high for Nepalese standards. However, I'm taking the leap of faith and investing in myself.
  2. Payment hurdles: We don't have direct means to make international payments through banking channels in Nepal. Our cards work only inside the country, so I had to make the payment using Bitcoin. Fortunately, I had invested in some BTC back in 2017, which helped me enroll in the course.

After some initial hiccups with making the payment through BTC, I finally enrolled today.

This is my first day in the iOS Lead Essentials program, and I can't wait to dive deeper into it.