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I'm an App Academy grad. I don't work at Google myself, but I know a few who do. App Academy is indeed extremely selective, with an acceptance rate less than 3
by timbuckley 9y ago
I'm an App Academy grad. I don't work at Google myself, but I know a few who do.
App Academy is indeed extremely selective, with an acceptance rate less than 3%.
The salaries shown are all self-reported (App Academy isn't releasing this), so there is likely some sample bias for sure.
And you doubt that a/A grads work at Google or similar companies? See for yourself: https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?facetCurrentCompany=%5B%221441%22%5D&keywords=App%20Academy&origin=FACETED_SEARCH&school=App%20Academy https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?facetCurrent...
- learc83 9y agoNo I don't doubt they work at Google--I doubt that it's what they learned at app academy that got them the job at Google. You can't take someone new to programming and train them to pass a Google interview in 12 weeks.
- nycbootcamp 9y agoI did this and 1 other person did this in my cohort. The flaw with your assumption is that you're new to programming by the time you start a/A. By the time you start a/A you can already solve sophomore-level algorithms problems.
- learc83 9y ago>The flaw with your assumption I never assumed that. I prefaced my assertion with: unless you have a significant knowledge base going in. I've done a bit of reading up on app academy and from what I can tell it's a pretty standard curriculum, but it includes 80-100 hours per week of work. It's basically a 12 week long interview that's doesn't so much train developers as it does select them.