--- title: "On swimming, learning and my journey to being the last one" url: https://daily.dev/posts/on-swimming-learning-and-my-journey-to-being-the-last-one-rrzsopjty source_url: https://www.architecture-weekly.com/p/on-swimming-learning-and-my-journey type: article source: "Architecture Weekly" published: 2026-07-13T12:38:32.120Z updated: 2026-07-13T14:21:46.823Z tags: ["career", "work-life-balance"] reading_time: 9 upvotes: 3 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # On swimming, learning and my journey to being the last one **[Architecture Weekly](https://daily.dev/sources/architectureweekly)** · 9 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal essay by software architect Oskar Dudycz about learning to swim as an adult at age 35, training for six years, and finishing 53rd out of 59 in his first open-water competition. He reflects on adult learning challenges, the value of deadline-driven practice, competing against your past self rather than others, and the importance of hobbies outside of work for developers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [On swimming, learning and my journey to being the last one](https://daily.dev/posts/on-swimming-learning-and-my-journey-to-being-the-last-one-iuelwkrlb) · Event-Driven by Oskar Dudycz · 8 upvotes · 0 comments - [You Are Learning. But Are You Enjoying It?](https://daily.dev/posts/you-are-learning-but-are-you-enjoying-it--osk89z6ts) · We Are .NET · 7 upvotes · 6 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#work-life-balance](https://daily.dev/tags/work-life-balance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/on-swimming-learning-and-my-journey-to-being-the-last-one-rrzsopjty)