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There\u2019s a fine line between good and bad software, and that could be a single line of code. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To an aspiring software engineer, this might seem like a welcome invitation to simply pick a language, watch countless YouTube tutorials on coding, memorize them by heart, and apply for an engineering role. To a trained professional, however, there\u2019s a lot more work that goes into learning how to write a proper code. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Art of Learning Software Engineering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Software engineering is a process of logical discovery and thoughtful exploration. At least that\u2019s the idea. For many beginners, however, the exploration stops with memorizing code. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMemorization is a terrible way to learn software engineering,\u201d said William Vincent. A teaching assistant for coding bootcamp App Academy<\/a>, William harped on the dangers of taking this approach to learning the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no possible way it\u2019s going to happen,\u201d he said. Indeed, since William started teaching at App Academy, he found that the most common downfall of many software engineers is their inability to think critically or communicate their thoughts. It\u2019s a problem he strongly attributes to rote memorization, which he says requires no real thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMost software engineering courses online, especially those that are pre-recorded, are just going to be tutorials,\u201d said William. \u201cSo you end up mostly following how they write code line by line. And rote memorization, while not useless, has its place.\u201d That place, he said, is nowhere near the goal of learning how to build software solutions for real-world problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe biggest thing about software engineering is that it\u2019s all about creation,\u201d continued William. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou take something. Then through creative, logical thought, and individual steps, you produce software behavior. If the way you\u2019re learning is completely abstracted from that, such that you\u2019re only repeating steps that someone told you to do, I don\u2019t see that being very helpful in terms of learning how to code.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou might learn how to code one thing but not necessarily how to code.\u201d Put simply, knowledge memorized is not half as useful as knowledge understood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not to discount the successes of self-taught software engineers. Admittedly, learning in silo through online coding courses and tutorials may work for some. Nonetheless, caution must be observed by programmers who only ever spend their time working on their own and learning the tools of the trade without understanding the trade itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what is the right way to learn software engineering? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How Does App Academy Teach Software Engineering?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It takes a community to produce great software engineers. Right from the onset, App Academy connects you with a learning network that will guide and support you throughout your App Academy learning journey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four main pillars make up your App Academy learning network: the technical instructor, the teaching assistant, your career coach, and your peers or classmates. Each of them plays a part in building your software engineering toolkit and preparing you for the workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The App Academy Instructor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The technical instructor serves as your first and primary source of academic guidance at App Academy. Because of this, experienced software engineers who have a solid understanding of the field, as well as significant experience in teaching or people managing make up App Academy\u2019s body of instructors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you\u2019re taking App Academy\u2019s Full-Time Online Software Engineering Immersive<\/a>, its Full-Time In-Person Software Engineering Immersive<\/a> or its upcoming Part-Time Online Program, your day at App Academy will always start with a lecture led by the technical instructor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every lecture is followed by a live Q&A session. These sessions are designed to create space for meaningful conversation between App Academy students and the instructor regarding the course material. Students are invited to engage with the material, interrogate further, express their thoughts, and take charge of their learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a stark departure from the traditional learning experience where knowledge is so often passively received by students. Supporting the App Academy instructors are the teaching assistants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The App Academy Teaching Assistant<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

App Academy\u2019s teaching assistants are top App Academy graduates who recently went through the school\u2019s software engineering program. As such, \u201cthey do a good job of connecting with students,\u201d said former App Academy student Christ Atwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe way it works is you\u2019re assigned to a TA at the beginning [of the program]. You may end up only working with that person [throughout the program] or you can get rotated through other TAs,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have a circle of students that we watch over and make sure are doing okay,\u201d added William. \u201cProject-building usually follows the lectures. So, that\u2019s when we answer questions or drop into Zoom breakout rooms and help the students understand the code they\u2019re working on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the technical instructor acts as the main point of academic guidance, the teaching assistant serves as the glue of the classroom\u2014assisting the instructor to create an environment conducive for learning and closely guiding the students to ensure maximum comprehension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cApp Academy is always growing the way it approaches [learning],\u201d said William. \u201cFor example, we have assessments every Monday. If you fail, you go back and repeat the module.\u201d The assessments, he said, are meant to determine whether the student has a baseline understanding of the week\u2019s material. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a bad thing to defer. Deferring or repeating the material does a lot for your understanding. It\u2019s expected, really, with the amount of material you\u2019re learning,\u201d said William, adding that he likewise went through the process during his time as an App Academy student. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI deferred at one point after I failed a test. It did wonders for my learning process. The next time I took the test, I finished it in 25 minutes because I knew the material that much better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from taking weekly assessments, students also turn in daily reports that explain how well they understood the day\u2019s course material. \u201cWe get those on a daily basis and read them every morning,\u201d said William. It\u2019s the job of the TA, he added, to track whether a student is struggling with the course material and identify ways to fill in the knowledge gaps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe key,\u201d said William, \u201cis having that willingness to understand where [the students] are at mentally and then tailoring how we explain something to their current understanding\u2026[It\u2019s in] giving a good explanation that is appropriate to their level of learning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome students need very little to push them in the right direction. And we\u2019re not really giving them the best [guidance] if we give them more than that. We have other students who may be struggling with the material, and they\u2019re going to need a lot more [support]. So, it\u2019s different for every student. But it\u2019s really just about taking the time to care about where they are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaybe that day, they\u2019re having a rough day or maybe they\u2019re feeling really good. Either way, we don\u2019t want to over-teach or under-teach,\u201d said William. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your App Academy Classmates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Any breakthrough in software is always a joint effort. In the words<\/a> of senior software engineer Bernard Meisler, \u201cCoding is not a solitary pursuit. It\u2019s a team sport where we reuse other people\u2019s code.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Code gets worked on by multiple people in its lifetime. This means that to become a software engineer, you\u2019ll also need to be a good team player and communicator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

App Academy instills these values by giving students a lot of exposure to pair programming. By \u2018a lot\u2019, we mean daily. Every day, you will pair up with one of your classmates and work on a project designed to further your understanding of the day\u2019s course material. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is followed by the group reviews where you share how you approached the day\u2019s project and gain insights as to how your peers worked on theirs. Both activities are designed to strengthen your technical communication and interpersonal skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019re also meant to humble you by opening your mind to other software engineering strategies and showing you that there\u2019s more than one way\u2014apart from yours\u2014to approach a given problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your App Academy Career Coach<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The support you get from App Academy does not end the moment you get your certificate. After completing the program, you\u2019ll work closely with a career coach who will walk you through the job search process and help you find a software engineering position. Depending on your needs, you may be assigned to a behavioral or a technical career coach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

App Academy\u2019s career coaches do more than the classic \u201clet\u2019s-buff-up-your-resume\u201d approach. \u201cWe offer ongoing encouragement, mentoring, and technical support to polish technical and interview skills. We also refine career goals and job search strategies for job seekers,\u201d said App Academy technical career coach Michael Norton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The importance of having job search support cannot be overstated, especially amid the pandemic where competition has become stiffer than before. It can be even more stressful if you\u2019re a career changer. With a career coach, you\u2019ll receive straightforward guidance on how you can best proceed with the job search more smartly and productively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSearching for a job, whether in this industry or another, is not necessarily the most enjoyable experience. It\u2019s just not the most fun,\u201d said Michael. \u201cEventually though, our goal as career coaches is to try and make it more enjoyable and more of a fun experience for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAdditionally, we want to make it as short an experience as humanly possible,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo that note, I can say that the first quarter of this year [2021] was actually one of the best quarters that we\u2019ve ever had in terms of job placements. It was absolutely fantastic, and so we\u2019re still kind of riding that wave now into Quarter 2. Fingers crossed that everything holds up and things look bright. But, in general, it\u2019s a fantastic time right now to get into coding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Takeaway<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The moment you enter the App Academy classroom, the coding bootcamp ensures that you gain a critical grasp of what it means and takes to become a software engineer. From all four corners of the room\u2014with your instructor, teaching assistant, classmates, and career coach\u2014you\u2019re sure to find support every step of the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the App Academy Experience Like?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI get this question a lot and I struggle with how I should answer it,\u201d said Chris, who finished the program in 2018. \u201cI can say that App Academy isn\u2019t built to be enjoyed. It\u2019s built to upload as much information into your brain as possible [during the program]. It pushes people on the edge of the red line, where some are going to fall and those who don\u2019t will thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo, if you ask me if it was fun, then not really. But if you ask me if I think attending App Academy was a good decision, then absolutely\u2026The curriculum was fast-paced and difficult enough that you probably could go through it on your own for over a year if you were a really tenacious person. Maybe.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I think the frustration and the roadblocks would hinder and demotivate you if you weren\u2019t totally dedicated,\u201d said Chris, adding that App Academy\u2019s support system helped him navigate the stresses and strains that came with understanding the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cApp Academy does a very good job of teaching people how to learn in general and how to learn software. In terms of the exact technology or processes [that I learned], a lot of things have of course changed over the past few years.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut the main skill you learn at App Academy is learning how to learn rather than learning specific frameworks,\u201d added Chris. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three years since he completed his training at the coding bootcamp, Chris is now a Software Engineering Manager for the cyber security firm, Synack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lessons of the Day for the Aspiring App Academy Student<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou Can\u2019t Learn Everything on Your Own\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cProblem-solving is one of the most critical soft and technical skills that you can build,\u201d said William. \u201cIf you can take some deductive or logic courses, that will do more on your ability to code and your ability in life than a lot of other things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we\u2019re talking about the more coding-specific skills that you should hone, learn how to research and just how to write a good Google search. Learn how to find what you\u2019re looking for on the Internet because you\u2019re going to do a lot of that, and the amount of time you\u2019ll spend doing that will be drastically reduced if you get good at finding things using search engines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t memorize everything. There is no possible way for you to learn everything on your own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLearn Git\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGit is something you should practice with before you get into App Academy,\u201d advised William. \u201cThe number of students who had a lot of problems with learning Git and getting used to using Git in their workflow is pretty high. The more familiar you are with that, the better off you\u2019re going to be.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDevelop Your Soft Skills\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI cannot stress the importance of the soft skills enough,\u201d said Michael. \u201cBeing able to communicate, understand your fellow employees, and be in the moment are vital to your career as a software engineer.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe days of the \u2018rockstar [software engineers]\u2019 are over. It\u2019s all about the team now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn Software Engineering with App Academy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re doing a web development camp, you can learn a bunch of different tech stacks or you can learn one thing really well,\u201d said Michael. \u201cI think [the latter] is something that App Academy does well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou learn so much just from osmosis. You exist in this world that is just \u2018code, code, code\u2019 for months. And you\u2019re surrounded by people who also exist in that world. With the live lectures, pair programming, App Academy gives an environment that\u2019s highly conducive to learning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to learn software engineering with App Academy? Explore the coding bootcamp\u2019s software engineering programs, sign up with App Academy<\/a>, and get to know your learning network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a fine line between good and bad software, and that could be a single line of code.  To an aspiring software engineer, this might seem like a welcome invitation to simply pick a language, watch countless YouTube tutorials on coding, memorize them by heart, and apply for an engineering role. 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