"I took an iOS class last year and got completely intimidated by Objective-C. It felt like I had to write a lot of code to do simple things and in my mind’s eye any potential app idea I would want to work on was getting crushed before I could even take it seriously."

I want to call out this particular line: "It felt like I had to write a lot of code to do simple things"

I dived into iOS development full on a couple of months back, and have to say, after extensive experience dealing with Android, BlackBerry and PhoneGap.. the iOS framework is phenomenal. I have found that more often than not you will NOT have to write a lot of code to do simple things (the same may even apply for seemingly complex things!).

It takes a little bit of getting used to, but after it all clicked, I feel like an idiot for feeling intimidated at all. To those that feel intimidated by the thought of iOS/Objective-C, I suggest diving in and giving it a shot. I promise, you'll love it.