Is it necessary to have a macbook now to become a junior Ios - developer?

Question

iOS

Good evening, I have been studying frontend development (HTML + CSS + JS) for 5 months already and I plan to get a job in a web studio in Moscow, but recently I learned that now there is very high competition in the front-end both among juniors and middles. I myself am not at all interested in front-end development, I went there only because the threshold for entering this area is low, and a novice developer from the province usually has problems finding a job, and you also need to earn money. However, I'm interested in developing for Ios/apple using Swift or Objectiv-C and I want to develop in this direction, but alas, at the moment I don't have a macbook and money to buy it.

The question itself is whether programming in Swift in a virtual machine, Linux, or Xamarin Live Player can now grow to the level of a junior Ios developer, get a job and then buy a Macbook, or is it necessary to start studying this area of ​​programming and I so far, what does it cost to grow up to a junior front-end developer, work 2-5 years in this area, and when the money appears, buy apple equipment and switch to Ios developer?

Answer 1

definitely need makos. and on what to twist it is the tenth thing.
you can also use a virtual machine (although this is a pain), you can use a hackintosh, you can also use real people (not necessarily a macbook, a used mini will be enough for several years).

Answer 2

To work with Swift, you definitely need a poppy, as a full-fledged iPhone emulator is only there. Well, xcode is also only there.

so far, what should I grow to be a junior front-end developer

Only if you like this area. Well, I don’t advise focusing on web studios - look at what is required in product companies (these are companies that develop their own web applications, instead of custom development).
Usually frameworks for SPA development are used there: React, Vue, Angular, and preprocessors are used for styles - SCSS / LESS
Well, development is not limited to frontend and ios - there is android development, if backend, there are cross-platform frameworks for mobile applications - the same Xamarin which you mentioned.
If mobile development is very interesting, you can study development on android for now. These skills will not be superfluous