App Academy

I loved my experience at App Academy! I highly recommend it to anyone looking to join a software development bootcamp. I came into it with no prior coding experience and by the end of the 16 weeks I had completed 3 projects that I am incredibly proud... Read More of. They are not lying when they say it is an INTENSIVE bootcamp. It is extremely rigorous and you have to spend your entire energy on this program but it definitely pays off! I learned so much and all the TAs are so incredibly helpful! They are all excellent teachers and you can really tell they love teaching and care about your success. It was a great experience and I would recommend it to everyone :)

App Academy has a curriculum that is a beginner-friendly course. The teaching assistances offer very useful tips and tricks that will help you grow as a developer. The curriculum is kind of old, yet still very effective. Highly recommend this boot camp... Read More to anybody trying to change career paths.

Throughout high school and college, learning to me was soon as a chore and something I did not for enjoyment. But all that changed when I discovered App Academy. While I was preparing to get into App Academy while I was finishing up my last quarter in... Read More college, I already found myself enjoying the prep material on App Academy's website more than my school stuff. Fast forward to my actual cohort, it was one of the most challenging educational experiences I had gone through. But because the instructors made things clear, were personable, and I was surrounded by other peers motivated to change theirs live, it really helped me persist. Every weekday I went to lectures, and afterwards would complete readings and homework, while studying for exams on the weekends. Doing readings before lectures was something I had never done in college, and App Academy helped me see the benefits in doing so, and I definitely reaped them as well. I say if you genuinely are curious about and have a passion for programming, your time at App Academy will be a positive and memorable one, despite its fast pace and challenging topics. The most important things I got out of App Academy were the computer science foundations, the jumpstart I needed to feel confident to learn on my own after my cohort ended, connections that I made from it, presentable projects, and how to present myself as a software engineer for the job search. I gained all this in the span of 4 months. Nothing is guaranteed, but App Academy definitely provides you the resources to get to where you want to be. I have seen that first hand with myself and seen it happen with countless other alumnis.

Pros -meet great friends / establish good network -great instructors -a lot of resources after program is over to help with job search Cons -curriculum can be updated Overall It's a fast paced tough program. It covers the basics and fundamentals to get... Read More you a job. If you want a job quickly after the program, onus is on you to study data structures and algorithms and to take advantage of aA resources to prep for interview

I attended app academy from July 2020 - Nov 2020, so the entire course was conducted via Zoom. The curriculum was intense and required me to essential dedicate my entire day to coding besides eating and sleeping. The teachers were helpful, but could have... Read More had a few more due to the high demand of questions amongst the students. I found a role in Feb 2021 due to a referral. Biggest tips would be to make friends and create study groups so you could rely on one another to motivate and help whenever you/others are stuck on a topic.

I attended this program and am now in the job search. I would highly recommend it to anybody else who is wanting to switch careers. The TAs and lecturers are very helpful, and there is a lot of support from your other classmates. I've made several close... Read More friends from the program, but most importantly I'm able to interview and apply for software engineering jobs. Several of my classmates with no prior experience to App Academy have already gotten great positions, so I'm really excited to continue with the process! It's the most difficult thing I have ever done but also one of the things I am most proud of finishing. There is a lot of job support at the end of the program and as your continue your job search as well.

App Academy provided me with the structure that I needed in order to learn new skills that I never thought I'd be able to acquire. It was the biggest time commitment I've ever made and I don't regret it at all. The way that the program works really forces... Read More you to become a fast and resourceful learner. Although the program was run online due to COVID-19, I developed strong relationships with the others in my cohort. Pair programming every day is an invaluable experience and is what really took my learning to the next level. It's also the best part of a/A. I expected the program to be structured like a traditional school, but there is a lot less hand-holding and more independence involved. I totally get the intention of this, as being a real engineer in the field requires you to dive headfirst into technologies you have no idea about. The TA's were great and provided very insightful 1:1 help whenever needed. They also made sure to not spoonfeed information, which definitely benefitted us. The only qualm I have is that some parts of the curriculum are a little outdated, causing little hiccups here and there. Overall not a dealbreaker, and I definitely am thankful to have been able to complete the bootcamp. I really would've never imagined that I was capable of learning as much as I did in the past 16 weeks.

App Academy was an amazing experience, a place where i grew in my knowledge of languages and experience using fullstack technologies at an insanely fast rate. This was not something i could have done alone, and the structure App Academy had allowed for... Read More me to learn new languages quickly by being hands on and not just reading theory. I think for those looking to learn practical experience in coding and learn how to actually create something to grow their experience, this is the best bootcamp out there. Only con would be that if the curriculum was taught in python instead, it would make the graduates even more easier to get the best jobs out there.