Hey all, I didn't get in either. And I would like to say in advance that this post is me venting. And I want to say that I don't mean to hurt anyones feelings or anything. I just want to get this off my chest.
I don't understand how they didn't chose me. I'm 17 been at a University for 3 years now have developed pretty big pieces of software. ie:
- 2D game engine Jango (all by myself).
- A Mac equivalent for a piece of software called the LC-3.
- An animation of a Solar System in OpenGL.
- A blog where I teach ppl about Programming called Steaming Hot Cocoa.
- And a 3D game that is in production being developed with UDK.
These are all VERY large pieces of software and should more than qualify my Tech Expertise. I also wrote some OK essays as writing isn't a strong suite of mine (so I could see some fault there) but grammatically it was there. In addition to the stuff I listed I've written a few 2D games and a few other medium and small pieces of software. I'm very well versed in the components of a Compiler and an Operating System and hope to write both someday. So I'd like to know what the **** about me isn't good enough to get a Scholarship?
Now I understand what could've put them off. Because my Game Engine is written in Objective-C, C and C++/Objective-C++. So I TECHNICALLY didn't follow the rules. But how on earth could they disqualify me because of the fact that I have a Game Engine and an Editor just because it's written in Two languages that Objective-C is based off of? In addition to that my Blog is obviously not software but I thought it is all about Cocoa and Cocoa Touch. And my Game is being built in UDK which uses C++ and distributes to iOS. The sample game I showed off with my Game Engine uses Lua as a scripting language so I wrote all the basic functions of my game in lua so there's that as well.
So I get that. And that's probably what got me written off but why? I feel I'm clearly technically capable and feel I deserved (like many of you) a scholarship. I don't have the $1599 just laying around that I could spend to go. So why did they turn this into a Political race? I feel cheated. And it makes WWDC a lot harder to enjoy. And it especially makes using my Macintosh to write this very hard. I really don't care that they didn't pick me. I don't. I just wish they would admit that they rejected me not because of my knowledge, expertise or even my OK essays. But because they care more about the rules than the applicant.
If you've read all of this, thank you. It really makes me feel much better about the situation and if you got rejected as well. Please don't feel bad. I'm 3 years into a CS degree and have a lot of experience and knowledge about Computer Science that most of my peers in college don't even have. And I got Rejected.
Even though I got rejected and am quite pissed at the group or person that rejected me. But I will say this, Tim Cook himself could come down and punch the crap out of me. And I would still love Mac OS X and iOS. They are superior in so many ways (and trust me I've used both Windows and Linux extensively). And that superiority will never change (hopefully). So, in hopes that they will do this again, I'll try, try, try again. Even if the sting of rejection hits again. Hope all of you will do the same. Oh and Congrats to all the winners! Very excited for you!
Love all y'all, and I really appreciate ya taking the time to read my rant.
-tM
