App Academy

I was stuck with nowhere to go. I was a photographer in the middle of a pandemic... so there wasn't much work. I started searching online for coding programs and after not making much progress teaching myself, I found App Academy. It seemed too good to... Read More be true. Don't pay tuition until you get a job? Graduate in 4 months and be READY for a job? It sounded crazy but I asked around and it seemed like it was actually true. App Academy was the hardest thing i've ever done and by far the most rewarding. I put in 14 hour days but to be honest, I never even noticed. I was so locked in to the curriculum and my projects that I never noticed the time passing, sometimes I would even forget to eat. If you're willing to put in the effort, App Academy can change your life. Turns out putting in the effort wasn't actually that hard.

I attended the 24-week course which taught Python and Javascript. My experience with this program was fairly laidback possible because of my awesome instructor. I think the first 3 weeks is rather rigorous and demanding but afterward, it was like attending... Read More school and putting in the right amount of effort. I may have had a harder time with the first 3 weeks because I did not have a CompSci or tech background. If I had a chance to go back to before I started boot camp, I may have wanted to do the 16 weeks only because I would probably have a job by now. Pros: 24 Weeks is a generous amount of time a/A is handholding Allows for deferred payment/salary share a/A culture is incredible a/A is always attempting to improve upon itself a/A has a very up to date curriculum(teaches current relevant tech) Plenty of job support if an alum actively puts in the effort Cons: Focuses on Web Dev because of ease of entry There are some days where it felt like nothing was done Overall verdict: 4.5

App Academy is no joke when it comes to how hard the program is. I've seen reviews before I joined that mentioned how your life during the program will basically only consist of eat, breathe, and sleep coding. And honestly it pretty much did feel like... Read More that. However, if you've got the drive and will to pick up coding skills in a short amount of time, you're not going to really mind it too much. All this to say, that I feel the reward was certainly worth the challenge. Nothing felt more rewarding than finally understanding a concept, passing a test, or getting over an insurmountable blocker during a project. For the short time that you spend here, you definitely pick up a whole lot of knowledge. For me personally, I never would have gotten this far on my own within 6 months time and I have App Academy to thank for that. Everyone from the staff to the cohort-mates were amazing and supportive. If you're hesitant on joining but you know you've been wanting to get into coding for a while, I'd say just do it. I haven't regretted my decision ever since.

Over the course of four months, I learned so much material with the support of my fellow cohort mates and instructors. The instructors were incredibly nice, and knowledgable as they had gone through the course themselves and understood the stress of the... Read More bootcamp. It actually wasn't as stressful as I expected it to be, but you definitely have to put in the work or else you'll fall behind. The best part of the bootcamp are the people you meet. My cohort was full of incredibly intelligent individuals who all had the same goal as I did. The curriculum is mostly good at AppAcademy. You'll learn Ruby and then move to Javascript and React, which were the harder parts of the curriculum. Some parts of the curriculum felt dated, and could definitely be renovated to modern standards. Unfortunately, we were not taught React hooks, which I highly hope they add to the in-person curriculum due to the increasing importance of hook-based development. Overall, I enjoyed my time at AppAcademy, but definitely be prepared to put in the work.

Pros: - Get to learn in demand skills. - Great support from cohort-mates and most instructors - Fast-paced learning environment that forces you to focus on the material on a daily basis. - Structured learning schedule - Promotes pair programming on a... Read More daily basis Cons: - Very fast paced, not fit for people who are not able to devote 100% of their attention to the curriculum and learning new material daily - Some instructors take a while to answer questions, or they kind of brush off your questions.

The curriculum was very thorough. I feel as though I learned a lot and I feel confident. I met great people ans have made some life long friends. Really happy that I chose App Academy. I highly recommend it to anyone pursuing a career in software engineering!... Read More

App Academy provides a fantastic student experience that is both professional and friendly. Although there were some bumps along the way, a/A was a great experience overall. From the fantastic staff to the amazing curriculum, there is little to complain... Read More about. If your thinking about attending a boot camp, App Academy is definitely the way to go!

App academy's 24 week online program excels at challenging their students and placing their students in a great learning environment. During my time at App academy I went from little to no knowledge of software development to being able to successfully... Read More build full-stack applications solo and in a group setting.The program can be challenging but when you make that break through the rewards are endless.

After attended the 16-week program, I am now able to create apps and websites using MERN, Ruby on Rails, and JavaScripts, and most importantly, understand coding memes. This is coming from someone who never enrolled in a single computer/coding course... Read More before. I stayed up until 1am most days to codes, and although I am sleep deprived ever since I started this program, I really enjoyed learning new tools and being able to create similar apps/sites that I myself use often. It can be easy to feel discouraged at first because many of my classmates have previous experiences with coding, but as long as you stay humble and willing to learn/ take constructive criticism, almost everyone is willing to help you out, especially the TA. The only thing I wish the program can improve on is updating some of the curriculum, since technology advances at such a rapid rate, even if the lesson is only a couple of years old, it can be really noticeable with deprecated and 'unsafe' codes. Although part of the program isn't just to teach you the technology, but also how to think and how to keep up to date with the new techs, so with some research you can probably stay up to date with the codes anyway.

App Academy has a great environment and I would recommend anyone looking for an (online remote) experience to change career course. This organization has a great structure with anyone who has no experience in the tech field. I've already recommended App... Read More Academy to few people and they are already highly considering it.