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CesareBorgia | 6 years ago | on: Lambda School fined $75k by CA for operating without state approval [pdf]

This isn't the first time that the CA regulator (BPPE) has surprised code schools with cease-and-desist letters :)

That said, we (App Academy) found that the BPPE was a mostly accommodating regulator that worked with us to come into compliance. We did face a couple challenges that will likely still exist today:

1) BPPE won't give approval to operate until the whole application process is completed. This means that Lambda School is likely operating without approval and will continue to do so for 6-12 months at a minimum. Contracts are unenforceable during this period, the school could be forced to shut down CA operations overnight, etc.

2) BPPE doesn't have a formal policy for Income Share Agreements (ISAs). We were able to get our ISA approved in 2015, but it took some doing and was not nearly as straightforward as getting a normal tuition contract approved. Several other ISA programs that applied a year or two after us were not approved.

More info: https://venturebeat.com/2014/01/30/california-bootcamp-will-...

CesareBorgia | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: App Academy Open – Free Online Coding Bootcamp

We have 2 paid options. The mentorship option is a $29.99/month subscription to a Slack channel (i.e. chat room) with one or more App Academy instructional staff 60 hours a week (M-F 6AM-6PM). If it sounds like an insanely good deal, that's because it is :) The placement based plan is the same experience as our full-time, in-person course, but online. You get instructional support, live q&a, pair programming, career support, etc. On this option, we don't get paid until you find a job, so we keep fighting until you do. In that case, it's 17% of your salary for two years, up to $30k total.

CesareBorgia | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: App Academy Open – Free Online Coding Bootcamp

Web dev. The stack is Rails/React/Redux but we do spend a significant amount of time on language/framework agnostic skills so that folks can pick up new tech fast and so that they have the tools to transition into other fields of software engineering such as mobile.

CesareBorgia | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: App Academy Open – Free Online Coding Bootcamp

Lol good point. It is worth mentioning that a lot of folks with no college degree (sometimes without a high school degree) have successfully been placed in awesome dev jobs with this same curriculum through App Academy. Folks from top 3 (or even top 25) schools are definitely in the minority at App Academy.

CesareBorgia | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: App Academy Open – Free Online Coding Bootcamp

Hey all! We launched App Academy on HN 6 years ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4505752), and since then a lot’s happened. We’ve graduated and placed thousands of folks as engineers and actually placed more people as software engineers at Google (30 vs 22) than UC Berkeley has since 2016! Today, we are fulfilling a dream that I’ve had for some time: to put the whole curriculum online, for free. We’ve built a learning platform around it and we’re really excited to give people a taste (or the whole thing!) of the curriculum to help you understand what we’re about.

CesareBorgia | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: App Academy Open – Free Online Coding Bootcamp

Thanks!

We’ve tried to build a gentle ramp for folks with no programming experience so I’d definitely recommend it as an option for a total newbie! Also, because it is a completely integrated curriculum, they’ll be able to seamlessly transition from beginner to more intermediate concepts :)

CesareBorgia | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: App Academy Open – Free Online Coding Bootcamp

Hey all! We launched App Academy on HN 6 years ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4505752), and since then a lot’s happened. We’ve graduated and placed thousands of folks as engineers and actually placed more people as software engineers at Google (30 vs 22) than UC Berkeley has since 2016! Today, we are fulfilling a dream that I’ve had for some time: to put the whole curriculum online, for free. We’ve built a learning platform around it and we’re really excited to give people a taste (or the whole thing!) of the curriculum to help you understand what we’re about.

CesareBorgia | 12 years ago | on: Help me surprise Catherine

Disclaimer: I help run App Academy

You may want to look into our program (http://appacademy.io). Students only pay us if they find jobs as developers after the program. In that case, the fee is 18% of your first year salary, payable over the first 6 months after you start working.

It's web focused, not iOS focused, but we do have a strong emphasis on fundamentals, and grads have often picked up iOS on the job within a few months.

CesareBorgia | 13 years ago | on: The Market Wants Apple to Unveil a Time Machine

Just because sell-side analysts put out price targets on companies doesn't mean that they determine stock prices. The price of a stock is mostly (especially in the long-term) determined by the supply and demand for it.

CesareBorgia | 13 years ago | on: Ruby on Rails Bootcamp in Seattle

If you like codefellows' pricing model, you may also want to check out the hacker academy that I help run: http://www.appacademy.io.

We only charge tuition if you find a job as a dev after the course. Also, we've done this before: 93% of our grads have offers or are working in tech jobs now at an average salary of $83,000.

Companies that have hired from the program include: Facebook, Twilio, Zendesk, Thoughtbot and Carbon Five.

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