Q+A: App Academy’s Kelly Chung on developing a programming curriculum, student hardship, and more

Many years ago, Kelly Chung was a mathematics major at USC. He was a smart guy who could have easily continued in the academic direction but decided he didn’t want that particular career. After a few months thinking about his next step, and knowing he enjoyed his brief interactions with coding in college, he decided to apply to coding bootcamps. After getting into a couple, including App Academy, he decided he’d go for it. He graduated from App Academy in 2016, and went to becoming an instructor. In order to understand key aspects of the program, we wanted to talk to Kelly about his perspective. We discussed the reasons behind App Academy’s curriculum updates, day-to-day instruction, and the reasons why a bootcamp degree may be better than a college Computer Science one. Read the full article here: bit.ly/2PejkZp App Academy is a coding bootcamp based in San Francisco and New York. They run a 12-week course that molds students into software developers and guarantees them a job after graduating. At App Academy, students don't pay a dime in tuition until they are hired thanks to their deferred tuition model. Apply Now! bit.ly/2vNALrr