App Academy

Throughout the Bootcamp, my social life fell apart for most of the week. I can tell many other students spent every second coding and sacrificed time with loved ones, but in the end, it was worth it. We all learned many marketable skills that employers... Read More will be looking for, and I would do it again.

App Academy was an outstanding and truly exceptional experience. I will admit that I did not realize how intense it was going to be but it was well worth my time. App Academy (a/A) really makes sure that its students know and fully understand the material.... Read More They highly encourage questions at all times and there are instructional assistants that can help you all along the way if you need it. If it were not hard, a/A would not be one of the best. I chose to attend the 24 week online full time bootcamp (despite living in the SF Bay Area) because that was the best choice for me. I do come from an engineering background and had an engineering degree with a bit of programming experience before attending a/A. This truly didn't matter as there were students that excelled with no degree and no pervious experience. This bootcamp will consume close to your entire life for the 6 month duration, be ready for it. If I were to estimate, I believe I was putting in close to 10 hour days every single day for 6 months which includes weekends. I truly believe that all the struggle and long nights were worth it. After completing the program I absolutely feel prepared to work as a software engineer. Lastly, I would like to mention an extremely important perk that a/A offers that most other boot camps do not. After graduating, each student is given a career coach to help perfect/improve all necessary assets for the job search (resume, projects, etc.) Your coach will help you strategist to get you the job you actually want and even help with salary and benefit negotiations when the time comes. All in all, I highly recommend a/A but you had to be ready to give up your life for 6 months and work your butt off for an unbelievable reward. If it were easy, everyone would do it.

Before taking this course, I worked in hospitality - while it was rewarding, I felt as if I had hit a skill cap. I had been in hospitality 10 years and it was time for a change. I always considered myself a bit of an over-achiever, and I thought learning... Read More code would be easy. I was sorely mistaken, this course was TOUGH. You will need to dedicate at least 50 hours a week. But in the end, it is all so worth it. You gain invaluable skills to improve your life!

I took the online 24 week full time bootcamp. Pros were the project weeks, where you actually build out full stack applications from scratch, and the pair programming. I think these two attributes of AA are its strongest because it helps to talk about... Read More code with someone else to really understand it. Some cons were the extremely long hours, sometimes potentially 12-15 hour work days, and just how fast paced the program is. With the sheer amount of material you learn in the 6 months, it can be quite a lot. Worth it tho.

It was great experience with App Academy. Over 24 weeks, you will learn all the skills needed to begin as a software engineer. If you do not have any prior programming experience, it will be really difficult for you. You will definitely need to work really... Read More hard throughout the bootcamp. But it is totally worth as you become a really good full stack software engineer after 24 weeks.

The a/A teaching staff is wonderful. As alumni, knowing how rigorous and challenging the program is, they do their very best to help you succeed and can empathize with your journey. Stay disciplined and on top of your work and the benefits you will reap... Read More in the end will make this journey worthwhile. What is special about a/A is that they don't throw you to the wolves when the program is over... You are matched with a career coach that will provide guidance until you find a career. I've just begun my job search and already feel overwhelmed however knowing that I have a team to lean on for support especially in these times of a recession and a hiring freeze, I know I am in good hands. a/A also provides Zoom events where you can meet with companies a/A has partnered with where graduates can connect with recruiters, employees, and even founders of those companies. All in all, the skills I've developed throughout my time at a/A is something I am very proud of. I wouldn't have ever thought I'd be able to construct and design full-stack web applications, let alone be able to call myself an engineer! If you are considering joining a software engineering bootcamp, it should 100% be App Academy! Then you can pride yourself in having graduated from one of the top coding bootcamps with a less than 3% acceptance rate.

The curriculum was well-crafted. Also, there is bonus curriculum content after finishing the program. It is a lot of information condensed, but you gain the ability to apply it immediately. If there's anything I would do differently, I would try to practice... Read More spaced repetition to really hone in the concepts. Enjoy the process and try to soak in as much information as you can!

I graduated with a BS in Fashion Merchandising. When the pandemic began, it became more difficult to get a career within my field. I knew I wanted to go back to school with the intent of a career change but I didn't want to spend 2+ more years in college... Read More for a career that wasn't guaranteed. Then I found App Academy through a friend and it has been the best decision I have ever made -- academic wise. This bootcamp is designed for anyone looking to change their careers into tech without a tech background. However, I highly recommend anyone interested in this program to do some self studying for a few months prior to applying, as the application process and bootcamp itself is a rigorous and fast paced experience. App Academy has great resources for job seekers/alumni, especially a huge career partnership network. I would recommend this experience to anyone, but be sure to come prepared!

Supportive instructors and TAs who care about your learning process. Good explanations and curriculum, even though the pace is fast and rigorous, but that's why it's a bootcamp. The structure of each day is pretty good and kept my time well-managed. Cohort... Read More mates were very friendly and generous to work with, so it made my time at App Academy more enjoyable than expected! Made fun projects as well.

Though one of the more stressful and intensive times of my life, attending App Academy was definitely one of the best investments I've made. Prior to a/A, I did not have any technical coding experience other than small little resources online and through... Read More eBooks. The curriculum was pretty fast paced, but definitely manageable as long as you're putting in the work. They warned us that throughout this bootcamp, you will live and breathe code, and they were not wrong. I clocked in over 80 hours of work every week, but this amount of effort probably wasn't necessary just to simply pass the weekly assessments. Instructional staff were all very nice, understandable, and willing to help. Definitely take advantage of the TA's and ask for help! I made the mistake of wanting to try to figure things out myself, but my time would have been saved if I just called in a TA and ask for help. MAKE SURE TO EXERCISE PENCILED IN YOUR SCHEDULE; you will be sitting all day. Make friends! Coding is more fun with a small group than with yourself. Also encourage people to work with their classmates to learn about their perspectives and their way to doing things. In regards to a/A's downsides, there were a couple typos in the curriculum. Another downside would be the transition between each module. When you get near the end of a module, you start to get used to your instructor, and right when you get comfortable, you move on to a new module with a brand new instructor, and you get right into work. Overall, great experience!