App Academy is an intensive web development course in San Francisco

Post by telephonic » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 4:22 PM UTC

ruggeri wrote: post #5

telephonic wrote: post #2

Ok, so you're competing directly with Dev Bootcamp ( http://devbootcamp.com ) by underpricing them. I'm reading the tuition section here: http://www.appacademy.io/description It looks like the student pays you 12.5% of their first year's salary. Normally wouldn't the hiring company pay? If I'm reading it right -- and I might not be -- how is that different than a student loan? Wouldn't that just be 12.5% off the top…

Hey! Thanks for the interest! To my mind, we're not underpricing Dev Bootcamp. Our focus in pricing is to change the risk equation for students. We want to lower the barrier to entry for the tech jobs market. We also want students to know that we are really committed/invested in them. The big difference from student loans: students only pay us if the course actually works :-) Our first batch students are just beginni…

Post by stefanobernardi » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 4:39 PM UTC

ruggeri wrote: post #4

bcjordan wrote: post #3

Google Cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.app... I'm getting a domain parking page: Appacademy.io http://i.imgur.com/9MHjY.png

Thanks for the bug report; looking into it... Hmm; maybe an old DNS update? Seems to be working with everyone I checked with.

Post by rgrieselhuber » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 4:46 PM UTC

telephonic wrote: post #12

ruggeri wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey! Thanks for the interest! To my mind, we're not underpricing Dev Bootcamp. Our focus in pricing is to change the risk equation for students. We want to lower the barrier to entry for the tech jobs market. We also want students to know that we are really committed/invested in them. The big difference from student loans: students only pay us if the course actually works :-) Our first batch students are just beginni…

That's fair. But then why ask the student to pay, rather than the employer?

Post by at-fates-hands » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 4:54 PM UTC

chriszf wrote: post #7

telephonic wrote: post #2

Ok, so you're competing directly with Dev Bootcamp ( http://devbootcamp.com ) by underpricing them. I'm reading the tuition section here: http://www.appacademy.io/description It looks like the student pays you 12.5% of their first year's salary. Normally wouldn't the hiring company pay? If I'm reading it right -- and I might not be -- how is that different than a student loan? Wouldn't that just be 12.5% off the top…

Is that a problem, underpricing the competition if the market bears it? Dev Bootcamp's cost has risen meteorically since they first opened their doors in February of this year. It is now roughly the same cost as a year's tuition at a UC. Apples to oranges, sure, but it gives the number some perspective. The difference in the pricing model here is that you don't have to pay it back should things go pear-shaped after t…

Post by jfarmer » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 4:56 PM UTC

patrickaljord wrote: post #17

telephonic wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's fair. But then why ask the student to pay, rather than the employer?

Why do you care so much that the student has to pay? And why insist that it's just a cheaper bootcamp? That plus the fact that your account was created an hour ago makes your negativity suspicious. Sorry if I'm wrong.