App Academy Reviews
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Maica Santos
An Exciting Journey
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The last couple of months have been life changing. The program is intense, but the instructional staff provides great support. I didn't have a lot of prior experience in programming before starting, but now I can build a full stack application. You will definitely learn a lot during the program and put in lots of work but it's all worth it in the end. I had an amazing time and would recommend. -
Frances Huang
App Academy is Life Changing!
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My husband went to App Acadamy about 5 years a go. When I needed to choose a bootcamp, he highly recommended it. The past 6 months at App Acadamy is truly life changing. The staff and instructors were all very knowledgeable and supportive, and most of my cohort mates were easy to get along with. The best of all was the curriculum design. Even though the pace was intense, it all makes sense learning one after the other. -
Mark Osman
Great experience, a lot of work
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I had a great experience with App Academy. The curriculum was excellent, and I think a huge part of the value is the assistance with the job search after you complete the program, for up to a year. I would recommend a/A to anyone looking for a serious web development bootcamp. It is, however, very difficult. I attended the full-time online program lasting 6 months. The majority of the students that started in my cohort were deferred (meaning you did not pass an assessment and are rolled back to the previous cohort to retake the last month's material - you get 3 deferrals and are dismissed on the 4th). The advertised 60-80 hours of work a week is no joke. The program is certainly not for everyone - you will get out of this program what you put into it. They are constantly updating the curriculum as technologies change, which can be frustrating, but this is a real-life part of being a developer. The emphasis on pair programming also turns some folks off, but once I got used to it I came to really appreciate the approach.
Bottom line: If you are not planning to dedicate yourself fully to this bootcamp for 6 months, do not attend. But if you are willing to live breathe and sleep code and comp sci for 6 months to facilitate a career start or a career change, I can't think of a better option than a/A. -
Brian May
Great program with great resources
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When I was looking over various bootcamps, the one con that I saw with App Academy was how long it was. Going through the program I definitely understood why it was longer than the others. With how the program is set up, I feel like you actually get to learn the material with pair programming and figuring things out yourself. Going through some weeks I was very lost early in the week, but because of the structure by Thursday or Friday I felt very comfortable with the material. There were few weeks were I was stressing over the weekend because the homework and practices helped to iron out anywhere I was struggling during the week. There are TAs available along the way, but the cohort mates are your best resource as you're all in the same stage. I enjoyed the course and made some invaluable connections through the program. -
Agustin Zucca
Most efficient 6 months of my life!
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Going into App Academy I had minimal knowledge of software development. I had done some self-studying but never with the intensity or schedule that App Academy provides. I had wanted to do a career switch for a while back then and after reviewing several coding boot camps I decided to go with App Academy. To me what was very attractive about the program was the schedule and the rigor of the course. I feel like deep diving like App Academy does, in a short time frame, but allowing you to fully take in the information, is the most efficient way of learning. I truly do believe I have learned more in these 6 months than in my 4 years in college. Also, the connections you make with your peers will only lead to potential future opportunities which is a win-win for all parties involved! Would definitely recommend this Bootcamp to anyone interested in efficiently learning about the fascinating world of software development. -
Adam Tang
Best way to learn the skills needed and to become a software developer
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I joined the 24-week Immersive Full Stack Online Program in December 2021 and graduated in June 2022. As someone who was looking to make a career change, I recommend App Academy as it provided me with the best way to learn coding starting with my level. I had taken some computer science classes back in college, but was overwhelmed because I didn't have prior knowledge in the field in order to learn the hard concepts. App Academy's materials assumed that students wouldn't have any prior knowledge, so they were the right kind of teaching materials that I needed to finally learn and master the skills. The staff at App Academy was really supportive as most of them came from a background of graduating from a coding bootcamp. Fellow students of my cohort were amazing, helping one another learn and succeed throughout the journey. After graduation, there's a job placement team that's dedicated to help you succeed in the job search process. -
Joe Delaney
Incredible Bootcamp Experience
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As someone who wanted to leave the business world and start a career as a software engineer, App Academy provided the structure and resources I needed to take that step. Over the course of 16 weeks, I learned all of the skills needed to land my first job as a software engineer and more importantly built my confidence as a developer. I highly recommend this program to anyone looking to break into tech and to become a software engineer in a collaborative, challenging, and rewarding environment. -
Jared K
App Academy molds you into a Software Engineer and a better person.
This course separates those who can and those who can’t. If you are wondering what it takes to become a Full Stack Dev, look no further than App Academy. The value of this course is absolutely worth it. But don’t be fooled that it will be easy, it requires all your effort, attention and focus. If you commit and follow through the rewards can be life changing. -
Anonymous
Legit and transform your career
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I changed career in my mid-30s and App Academy made it possible for me through their curriculums and support.
a/A is no joke! They expect students to spend ~70 hours a week and I actually spent more hours each week throughout the entire 16-week period. It’s a 2x full-time job. If you are unable to fully commit to it, don’t bother because most likely they will kick you out - there’s an assessment almost every week and if failed more than two, you are out! By the 4th week of my cohort, half of the cohort mates were gone. At the end of the 16th week, only one-third of cohort mates were able to make it to graduation.
We had an instructor and 3 instructor assistants. They were knowledgeable about the learning materials and were able to explain very well whenever we had questions.
In order to graduate, we had to have three projects - a javascript, full-stack, and team-collaboration full-stack project. These are keys to landing a job, especially if you had no prior experience in the software engineering field. I am glad they had this as part of their curriculum!
After graduation, technical and behavior coaches did a fantastic job preparing me for the interview process. In the 3rd week of the job-hunting process, I had more interviews scheduled than I could handle so I had to slow down my application submission. I got two offers by the end of the 4th week and accepted one. Now working as a Software Engineer in a public traded company and loving it!
Overall, based on my own experience, a/A is a legit Bootcamp school with organized curriculums and support teams to prepare people with no coding experience for the tech field.
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Maggie
If you are unhappy with your career, take the leap!
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To anyone considering changing career paths, I couldn’t recommend App Academy enough!
Before I applied, I watched countless YouTube videos and read many reviews and reddit forums about whether or not App Academy was for me. I never really heard anything bad about them so it almost seemed cult-ish but after eventually doing it, I can see why so many people recommend because it changed my life.
I was working at a dead-end job as a landscaper, and couldn’t afford to move out of my parents house. I dropped out of college because it was two expensive and didn’t really have any other plan.
I knew a few people who attended App Academy and decided to pull the trigger and quit both my jobs. I did the JavaScript Bootcamp prep which was kind of expensive but I did think that it gave me a head start on learning JavaScript. Although, in hindsight, there are many online resources that would’ve made a great alternative as well!
I did the 16-week Ruby immerse program and it was tough. Very tough. I for-sure had a few mental breakdowns about passing exams but looking back, there is nothing they teach that it too complicated to learn, it’s just a lot in a short amount of time. You need to know how to pace yourself so you don’t burn out and I recommend getting as far ahead in App Academy Open before starting the official course. And do the homework! It is very important!
After the 16 weeks, I was able to get a fully remote frontend developer role paying 90k+ one week after graduating. It seems like it’s almost too good to be true but App Academy really does prepare you for a job not only the curriculum, but also helping prepare your LinkedIn/ social platforms and mock interviewing.
If you are uncomfortable with your life, take the leap!! -
Abigail Montemayor
No tldr; sorry
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The curriculum will feel very cut-throat if you aren't mentally ready to work 80+ hours. You can only fail 1 test and have 1 chance to retake, which used to give me nightmares. Speaking of which, don't you dare sacrifice sleep! Nothing's worse than a brain trying to focus on multiple lines of code for ~8 hours. Describing learning and retaining the material always gives me a visual of drinking from a fire hose without vomiting (sorry for the graphic imagery). You don't need prior coding knowledge (although boot camp prep will help a lot), but you do need to know how to make friends (or at least know how to not be an asshole). The other students will be trying to drink out of that water hose with you, and if you can help each other, at least you don't have to cry alone. So, put that ego away. The TAs are seasoned veterans of said fire hose with big hearts and determination to help you through as they were once students too. If you get through this program, it will feel surreal and humbling. No program is perfect and some materials need a major update, but this was worth it. -
Eric Cortez
Had a great experience!
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I attended the 24-week full-stack online program and graduated in March of 2022. I was looking to make a career change and decided that a fully immersive program was exactly what I was looking for. When I joined I had been working toward a CS degree, but I was new to programming. The curriculum was great it had live lectures, projects, and homework which introduced topics and syntax for the following day. I found that being new to programming it was important for me not to just read about concepts but to apply those concepts to build projects and App Academy provided this type of learning environment! -
Mei
Glad I went to AppAcademy
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I graduated from AppAcademy 24 week program in March 2022. It was a great experience for me. I was working in the fashion industry before that and have no coding background. This program taught me how to become an independent programmer and solve problems (debugging). I was very lucky to be in an awesome class where all my classmates are very nice, smart, professional, and positive. All my classmates became my network after we graduated. It is very important to know that: Do not expect anyone will hold your hand and feed you all the knowledge, the point here is to learn HOW TO LEARN ON YOUR OWN. It is very important in this industry because you will constantly need to learn new things and no one has the time to teach you one-on-one all day. Of course you can ask questions any time during AppAcademy, but try to ask good questions. Try to research or try solving before reaching for help. -
Katerina Kreibich
Had a great experience!
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I decided last year to sign up for app academy. I was a beginner coder with only enough experience to pass the requirements to get accepted. I had a great time meeting new friends and very smart people along the way. The instructors are very good and skilled to explain everything you need in the class. The technical instructors are also amazing across all the modules, they are always there to help and don't hesitate to answer any questions. The structure of the program is also very good. Now that I have been through it, I feel like it is well structured to optimize the amount of material students learn each week. The job search support and the career coaching that is available is also great. Not many coding bootcamps have this kind of support to really set all students for success. I had a great experience and would definitely do it again! The one thing I would do differently now is, that I would take some time prior to starting the bootcamp to study up to set myself for a success from Day 1. Unfortunately, since I did not have any experience prior to starting aA, I felt very overwhelmed especially at the beginning which resolved in the deferral in the first few weeks. After that I was able to catch up, understand the basics and create a momentum to be successful in the program. Again, if you are thinking about joining a bootcamp or not sure about which one, I cannot recommend App Academy enough. It is money well spend and I would do it all over again. -
Alex Crooks
Good experience - Very happy to have attended
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Pros -
Good career services with not just counselors but a community that pushes you to learn and grow as a software developer.
If you're willing to put in the work to not only produce the projects but also understand the concepts and speak intelligently about approaches to software development, you will get a great job.
The classes, with 16 weeks to learn a lot, could sometimes feel a bit dense, but with the amount you're expected to learn in that time period the instructors do a great job of it not seeming too overwhelming or putting too much pressure on the students to learn at a pace they would struggle with
Also a huge plus, with the ever-growing industry, people seek out boot camp grads more, and App Academy partnerships are a pre-vetted opportunity to get some great experience under your belt with a good wage.
Cons -
Very steep learning curve at first - about 65% of our cohort made it to the end.
Whether this was a failing on their part to properly understand the material or instructors' inability to pick up on people struggling, this was sad and the process of deferring was handled in a rather macabre way that was needlessly dramatic. -
Alex Clark
Software Engineering Student
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App Academy is a very challenging but rewarding 16 week immersive software engineering boot camp. My time at AA was learning new programming concepts, pair programming with classmates, and creating daily projects. I learned ruby, rails, js, react and other frameworks and tools. If you can handle stress well and are good at time management, I would recommend AA to boost your software engineering skills. -
Fiona C.
Fast-paced, rigorous, and worth it
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I decided on App Academy for my pivot into software engineering because I had a friend who graduated from their in-person program and now works at Google. I was also drawn by their advertising that you don't need ANY background in coding in order to succeed at a/A, which applied to me. I am honestly shocked at how much I've learned in just 24 short weeks. I went from knowing ZERO code to being able to confidently create a functioning full stack web application. You definitely need to be self motivated and put the hours in, but the way they have structured their curriculum is really beneficial to learning and understanding the languages they teach (currently JavaScript and Python). My issue with learning how to code on my own was always getting stuck and not knowing how to get unstuck. App Academy's instructors and TA's are invaluable assets to the coding experience, not to mention the growth that comes with pair programming with another person and having to explain your code out loud.
It's definitely not a flawless system, and they have a couple bugs to iron out on their curriculum at times, but I'm really thankful for my experience at App Academy. Also, they are constantly improving their curriculum to stay up to date which I respect. -
Emily
Challenging and rewarding
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App Academy is stressful not going to lie, especially if you have zero coding experience. There will be many occasions where you will be experiencing self-doubt and feel like you're all alone. But at the same time, it was one of the best decisions I've made despite everything. There's an amazing group of people to support your learning and to make it all slightly easier.
If you are interested in coding, I do recommend a/A. I know a lot of people tend to say ruby isn't used in a lot of places, which is the first language you learn - but it def helps to start with ruby because it literally reads like english, so it makes the transition and the learning process that much easier. Trust me, someone who went through the course, that this is not easy. Expect to study every waking moment and lose your weekends. If you do that and work hard, you will be in good hands by the end of the program. The curriculum does get increasingly difficult, as with everything you learn in life, but there is good support and the TAs are always available to answer any questions you may have to clarify specific things. Overall, it was a wonderful experience - you meet lots of great people and make friends that'll last a llifetime :) -
Hao Chang
Like being back in school
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I attended the 24-week program. I would recommend it to others but only if they know the commitment it'll take to finish. The 24-week program is very generous with time and allows for students to learn at a comfortable pace. Sometimes it might be too much time because some days feel pointless. The program will also only focus on Web Dev as it is the easiest way into the industry. Now that the negatives are out of the way. I have nothing but praise for a/A. They have a very up-to-date curriculum that reflects the pace of the tech industry. Instructors are helpful and just pure awesome. The job support afterward is incredible if the alum puts in the effort. Finally the income share agreement/deferred payment plan lowers the financial barrier and is by far the highligh of a/A.
Verdict 4.5/5. -
John F
"Challenging but worth your time"
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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 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. -
Kenneth Lee
Great Learning experience
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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 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. -
Josue Lugaro
Fantastic experience, best career choice I could have made
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 about. If your thinking about attending a boot camp, App Academy is definitely the way to go! -
Christian B
Challenging but worth it
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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 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. -
Y W
Nonstop and dense course
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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 before. I stayed up until 1am most days to codes, and although I am sleep deprived ever since I started this program, I really enjoy 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. -
Vern Chien Chao
16 week remote cohort
Implemented a fast pace experience to increase my coding knowledge by 150%. Planned a time-management schedule to decrease stress by 20%. Awesome and helpful instructors to increase positive experience. -
Tony Zhang
Overall good experience
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Prior to App Academy, I got a Computer Science Minor from college but I believed it didn't properly prepare me to excel in the industry. Because of this, I joined App Academy in order to learn more about current frameworks and to learn how to create good-looking websites and projects. For the first week or so you start off doing solo work learning fundamentals of ruby while after that is all about lectures in the morning and pair programming in the afternoon. If you decide to join App Academy, I would highly recommend making some friends within the first week of class because they would be a resource where you can bounce coding ideas and methods with each other. -
Yun Sung Choi
Best BooTCAMP EVER
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Before this Bootcamp, I was working in the food industry for 10 years and tried to change my career. The course is intense for sure but you get how much effort and time you put into the BootCamp. Whenever you will run into problems you don't understand, the main teacher and TAs definitely help you and walk through why and how it works altogether. If you think about taking the BootCamp when you think you are ready to take it, please don't. You'll never be ready for it. Just Do it! You'll learn as you make mistakes and ask questions. I hope this helps!! -
Zach Y.
Study hard and you should make it!
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I enrolled in the 24 week bootcamp with 0 coding knowledge and experience. It is a very rigorous program, and when they say you need to spend an average of 60-80 per weeks, it is not an exaggeration! It is easier if you've had previous experience or a degree in CS, as many of my fellow students did, but I had to spend literally all my waking hours in front of the computer to keep up.That said, if you put in the work, you should be able to keep up. The TAs and most instructors are previously graduated students, they've been through the program themselves and know what it feels like, so they are very helpful and nice. Less than 20% of the class of graduates made it through without any deferrals, and of the original amount of students, there was only about 25% left when graduating, so if you do not have the time and energy to fully dedicate yourself to the program, it may not be the best choice for you... However, I have learned so much, and the additional job search guidance after graduation is extremely valuable to me as well! -
Josh T.
Well worth the time you put in
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Pros:
-You get all these resources and guided feedback to learn the material
-Instructors do know their stuff
-Material is always evolving to reflect the current trends in Software Engineering to always make you a relevant candidate during job search
-You can actually see a tangible difference in your knowledge before coming in, during the course, and after
-You'll be making friends / connections, whether one or two, or even the whole cohort, and you'll find yourself and your friends supporting each other throughout your journey
-The Income Share Agreement!
-Will always have access to the material and job search help
-They're now offering a part-time online course!
Cons:
-A few (and I mean a few) hiccups here and there regarding the quality of material of specific modules
-NOT a guaranteed job during job search (I'm pretty sure this is explicitly mentioned) -
jane martin
Great if you know what you're getting into in advance
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The good: The curriculum is updated regularly. Most of the staff is extremely friendly and tries to be helpful. You can develop great friendships and network very easily with fellow students. There are plenty of fun projects to work on and some extra curriculum you'll have access to when you want it.
The bad: They don't necessarily handle those updates to the curriculum well, which creates a really inconsistent experience for students across different cohorts. This would be manageable on its own - the world of SWE is constantly changing and that's a good expectation to have coming in. However, a/A's communication - both internally and to the students - is definitely not what it could be. Rapid changes leave the staff uncertain, which means communication to students is poor and transparency is often highly lacking.
The laughable: The Progress Tracker is a super silly solution to a mundane regulatory issue. Take screenshots of your check-ins in case you need to 'prove' you pressed the button because it's not always a reliable tool.
The questionable: Many of the people who will teach you have recently graduated from the program themselves. This is typical of boot camps, but I had cohort-mates whose confidence in the program was shaken by the fact that we were being taught by people who just finished class rather than by experts. When they assist, TAs are often looking back at their own solutions and aren't as able to answer questions thoughtfully vs. regurgitating what they were taught, which may or may not apply to your question. There are many standouts, though - find them, befriend them, and learn everything they have to offer.
The takeaway: The most important thing you can learn at App Academy is how to survive the constant barrage of information. When I went through, there were assessments most weeks of the online program. To survive those and remain in the class, you had to be able to chug from the firehouse constantly and then turn that knowledge around into practical application immediately. Because of this, what you're really doing is learning how to learn - and that's arguably more important than coming out a perfectly brilliant engineer. If you make it through, you'll be able to do the same on the job - learn quickly and efficiently and turn that knowledge around into practical application immediately. That's the real value you get from this program. -
Lauren Gustafson
Great Online Bootcamp
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I just graduated from the 24 week online program and cannot recommend App Academy more. The material is well thought out, the project assignments tried and tested, and the community highly supportive. The instructors and TAs know their stuff, you are constantly challenged and learning. It is a remarkable thing to be at the end of the 6 months and know what I know now. I started with zero coding experience and graudted confident in my programming ability. -
Dean Mayne
Intense, rewarding, but only if you put in the work !
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App Academy is an intense program that is entirely rewarding for those for whom the curriculum fits. I wish that I had done more research on on what languages and technologies are in demand before enrolling in App Academy to have maximized my hireability in the job market. My cohort was the last one, as I understand it, to learn Ruby which in the job market has been largely replaced by a high demand in Python. Even still App Academy gave taught me the fundamentals of backend engineering to be able to look at backend code in other languages and hold my own; but buyer beware because this was largely due to my own learning post graduation. That is the main point I want to make, the program is intense from the get go and they will teach you (and they admit to this) 80% of what you need to know to get a job as a software engineer but the other 20% comes from the work and dedication that you put in post graduation. Some of the course material will seem uneven and feel like you spend the most time on the things that won't be the most important to finding a job, but App Academy is there to also teach you how to continue to learn to code over the course of your whole career. I learned a lot over my time at App Academy, it was intense, I met and made amazing friends in my program and ultimately got a great job as a software engineer. But for anyone that thinks a bootcamp is the easy way to a six figure job, get ready for a rollercoaster because App Academy will teach you what you need to know, but you have to do the work. -
Reginald
Full Stack Dev
pros - Great community, stays with you even after graduation. - Great peers, helpful classmates and a wonderful place to make new friends. - Excellent JavaScript course, Teaches both prototype and es6 classes. cons - Multiple assessments in order to move forward in the course. - Not enough study time for assessments. -
Icarus
App Academy motivated me for life!
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My time at App Academy was truly life-changing. I came into the program not sure what I wanted to do in life, kind of depressed and unsure what my future looked like. App Academy taught me things beyond coding, such as budgeting my time, managing stress, and starting to love learning. It is quite a rigorous program but I would suggest it to anyone that wants a career change and ready to learn. -
Satomi Dean
Difficult but you’ll learn a lot
I don’t have any computer science background and didn't know anything about coding before I decided to apply to app academy. I spent 1 month studying Js for app academy entry test and that was it. App academy was not easy, and I struggled the whole time. But you’ll learn so much in 4 months. It’s life changing experience. -
Andy Huang
Software Engineer
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The 16-week online program was a whirlwind of 70-80 hour weeks (starts at ~60 hours and ramps up) but it definitely gives you a firm foundation for your programming skills, including creating your own apps from scratch. The instructors were helpful and it's a friendly environment. My only knock against the program is that the curriculum could use some updating for newer technology that is being used in industry nowadays, but for the most part what they teach and have you practice is applicable to the industry. -
Henry
Great Bootcamp
Awesome bootcamp. They are in the process of updating their bootcamp which is much needed to reflect the current climate of using React with hooks. -
Mike Dean
It ain’t easy but it’s cool af
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Well, I am pretty confident I could create or learn to create any kind of software now. At what cost though? App academy cost about the same as any other legit boot camp in money but that’s not the real cost. The real cost is the time and effort involved. I went to medical school and earned my MD, I am no stranger to ridiculously difficult classes or being required to learn a ton of material quickly so please believe me when I say, App Academy is difficult. It is not for someone who does not test well, some of our classmates (like 1/5) did fail tests and they were dismissed from the program. It is not for people who want to casually learn programming it really does require your effort every day of the week all day long and many days you will still not be done after that. If you want to do this more than anything else and you can take timed tests that are not easy then come learn to do one of the coolest things I have ever gotten to learn to do. -
Solomon Bassalian
Amazing Bootcamp!
Definitely a great bootcamp to attend for those looking to work hard and become successful. All of the topics are taught by amazing teachers and in a fun matter. App Academy really focuses on your best interests and helps you fully optimize your potential. -
Peter
Extremely difficult but extremely rewarding
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I can honestly say that a/A was a great choice. Are they perfect? No. The homework was intense and sometimes had spelling errors which distracted, and the lectures could be long, but the staff support and projects were absolutely incredible. Their goal was to make sure each student understood the material and could build something themselves which they could then take into the job market. I've had friends do other bootcamps and I'm amazed at how well put together a/A is compared to other programs. I have to admit that it was one of the most stressful times of my life. I started at 7:30am, studied until class at 9am MST, class until 6pm, 1.5 hours for dinner, and then study until 10pm. I did this every single day, 6 days a week for 6 months. It is not for the faint of heart. I did this with 4 kids so it is possible if you have a family. I'm glad to actually have skills that I can take into the market. Good luck! App Academy is a good choice.