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App Academy Postmortem

4 of Michael's comments in this thread · View thread on Reddit ↗

u/Zealousideal_Owl2919 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

* One person (who's never actually worked as a software engineer) to teach software engineering. * Another person (who's never landed a SWE job themselves) to guide students on how to get their dream SWE role. * One dedicated staff member to collect tuition (because priorities).

u/michaelnovati replied ·
They should use AI to help process payments so they can afford more people to teach.

u/Real-Set-1210 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

My cohort graduated six months ago. Quick numbers: - 77 started on day one - 33 finished - 5 have jobs as SWEs six months post grad, 5 of the 6 had "shoe ins" that gave them a huge edge to getting a job Bootcamps, not just aA, need to be avoided with a red flag before going to t

u/michaelnovati replied ·
How does this compare to Codesmith and Hack Reactor? 20% in six months doesn't seem that terrible for 2023 compared to the other good ones. It's definitely much lower than historical numbers so everyone should be transparent about these because people shouldn't be mislead about placements for sure.

u/Odd-Flan3425 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmIBwP6tBh4&ab\_channel=AppAcademyReview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmIBwP6tBh4&ab_channel=AppAcademyReview)

u/michaelnovati replied ·
This is why I'm so on top of layoffs, it's a sign to proceed with caution

u/Sufficient-Range-729 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

spill

u/michaelnovati replied ·
It might be this: [https://www.reddit.com/r/codingbootcamp/comments/1fu01j8/the\_app\_academy\_update/](https://www.reddit.com/r/codingbootcamp/comments/1fu01j8/the_app_academy_update/)