Recently, I had to get started (fast) with Swift on a series of existing iOS projects. I would classify myself as being able to get to fourth gear in a Honda Accord with a manual transmission when it comes to using and applying Swift. I look forward to the day when my Swift knowledge is equivalent to running full out on the Nurburgring in a Bugati Veyron.
My background is C, C++, C#, Objective-C, with a side of JavaScript along the way.
I will never admit to any classic Visual Basic, or VB.NET, code ever being typed by my fingers, ever!
When it comes to learning a new language, I find myself in ‘Use it or lose it’ mode. Learning Swift comes very naturally if you have a concrete task which allows you to add a feature, or refactor an existing iOS project, with brand new Swift code.
I found that becoming proficient with Swift was very easy given the general C language progression in my career. In very short order, I was able to do almost all the tasks in Swift that I would normally do in Objective-C against the CocoaTouch / UIKit API surface. More advanced Swift language constructs exist, which I have barely touched, and hope to be able to learn and apply some day—I am looking at you, protocol extensions and generics.
Super Development 