I have a question about the full-time employment eligibility requirement for the Swift Student Challenge 2026.
The rules state that applicants cannot be "employed full time as a developer" at the time of submission. My situation is a bit nuanced: I work as a software engineer at a company, but my contract explicitly distinguishes between summer and school year employment. During the summer I work full-time, but during the school year my hours are part-time and flexible, and therefore not a fixed schedule.
Since the submission deadline is February 28th, I would be submitting during the school year, at which point I am not working full-time.
My question: Does the eligibility rule apply strictly to full-time hours at the time of submission, or does being employed in a developer role at all (even part-time during the school year) disqualify me?