About App Academy (online) App Academy is a San Francisco based coding bootcamp founded by Ned Ruggeri and Kush Patel in 2012. App Academy describes their program as having a "job-guaranteed" financing model where payment is deferred until after the completion of the course. App Academy publicly offers to waive payment for their program if a student does not find relevant employment within the first year of completing the course.The median starting salary for graduates starting cohorts in 2018 and accepting a full-time offer in San Francisco or New York City (within the following 12 months) was $101,000.