So, I picked up Objective-C a few weeks ago, and I've been struggling (only coming from a Python background, with only the CS-knowledge I've picked up along the way). I just figured it would be fun to be able to make some apps. What would your advice be? Stick with Objective C, or switch over to learning Swift? Swift looks a lot more friendly, but I don't want to sell myself short. I'm also thinking big picture, where learning Obj-C might eventually be helpful in learning other languages.
I'd skip Objective-C and learn Swift to actually make a thing.
If you want general language knowledge, a really hairy production language and toolset isn't the place to look. You'll be fighting with lots of incidental stuff along the way.
Learning different kinds of languages will help you learn more languages.
