CodeCompass Academy

The tech jobs market is not what it used to be. You might be feeling stressed about finding a job, or you want to keep your skills up to date to prevent losing a job. Or maybe you're working on a corporate exit strategy and want to build your own software product.

Whatever your reason for wanting to build a project, I'm confident that this program can be the bridge to take you from where you are in your software development journey to your desired state.

CodeCompass Academy is a software development career accelerator program where you'll develop a fully functional Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for your software idea. Regardless of whether you're considering attending a coding bootcamp, taking an online course, advancing to the next level in your software development career, or starting your own side hustle, this course is for you. Together we’ll refine your ideas and build the first version of your product - building a deeper technical understanding and confidence along the way.

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About Me

Hi, I’m Joey Pedicini, a start-up CTO, Ex-lead frontend engineer on the Amazon Health - One Medical team, and tech career coach. My mission is to bring more humanity into the tech world. My coaching goes beyond just teaching code; it's about empowering you to master your mindset, develop a personalized growth plan, and build the technical and personal skills needed to build a fully functional product and achieve your career goals.

I have always had a passion for education and teaching. I taught a high school computer science class through the Microsoft Teals program, I've volunteered at after school coding clubs, and I was a mentor at a coding bootcamp. I have taken all of these experiences and combined them with my passion to develop this coaching program.

My methodology revolves around MVP (minimum viable product) development. Whether you are trying to advance your career or build and sell your own software product, the methodology is the same. You’ll learn all the skills required to build a high quality, scalable MVP.

This program is specifically geared toward someone who has some basic level of software development experience but maybe lacks the deep understanding and confidence to be able to build a software product end-to-end.

I truly look forward to learning about you and helping you reach your career goals by building a project that is exciting to you!

What we will cover in this program:

💡 Step 1: Idea Generation

In this step, you will select an idea you're passionate about and eager to work on.

📝 Step 2: Define the Problem Statement and MVP Scope

During this phase, articulate a compelling problem statement. Research existing solutions and identify their shortcomings, which your solution aims to address.

☑️ Step 3: Create User Stories and UI Mocks

Learn to write effective user stories, prioritize them, and ensure they align with the problem statement. Then, produce UI mocks that support the user stories.

🏗️ Step 4: Set up Infrastructure and Project Scaffolding

Decide on the technology stack, deploy the project, establish continuous deployment, and generate the necessary pages and modules.

🧑‍💻 Step 5: Build the MVP

Reference your user stories and UI mocks to implement features for the Minimum Viable Product (MVP).

What you can expect to receive:

Weekly one-hour calls will be held over Zoom and recorded for you to go back to. During these calls, I will answer your questions, offer technical support and guidance, hands-on pair programming, and provide general Q&A and mindset coaching.
One 15 minute emergency call per week to debug technical issues as needed.
Unlimited communication over Discord.
Code reviews, document reviews, and technical reviews.
A project journal created in Notion where we’ll track your progress, store all of your documentation, keep track of key learnings, and write about the experience. You will be able to use this project journal in the future for your job search.
Toward the end of the program we’ll prepare for your graduation from the program. Whether that be preparing for the tech job search, working on your portfolio and resume, preparing for interviews, or continuing to expand on your MVP.

Testimonials

April, an economics major, entered the program with an interest in exploring the field of software development. Together, we embarked on the journey of creating an AI travel planner app. The project was developed using React and Supabase, with April handling the design aspects in Figma and managing the project using Jira. Despite her dedicated effort and successful completion of the project, April discovered that a coding career was not her true calling. However, the process offered her invaluable insights about herself and revealed other potential career paths in technology such as project management and UX design. The experience proved to be a significant stepping stone in her career exploration, demonstrating the broad scope of roles within the tech industry.

John-Paul, an experienced marketing professional, approached me with a strong desire to pivot into software development. He always possessed an innate passion for building and problem-solving, which led him to attempt learning programming on multiple occasions. However, this time he was determined to fully commit and decided to collaborate with me. Together, we worked on bringing his game idea, "Hues and Queues", to life. We are still in the process of finalizing it, but we both eagerly anticipate the moment he can share his creation with the world.

Kate, an experienced software developer, sought to elevate her career while aligning her work with her personal values. Through our coaching, we built an intuitive online e-reader translation app using Next.js and Supabase. We also honed her skills in test-driven development as we created a user-friendly video player app for TVs using React and Jest. Our collaboration empowered Kate to take her career to new heights while maintaining a work-life balance that resonated with her core values.

Davide, a passionate tech enthusiast, transitioned from a decade-long non-tech career into a full-time web development role. Together, we highlighted his tech skills and interpersonal strengths, effectively reframing his past experience. His dedication to interview preparation and resume reconstruction secured him a swift entry into the tech industry.

Aurora, a passionate advocate for mental health, successfully transitioned back into a software development career thanks to our coaching program. We collaborated to build a mental health-focused chat application using Nuxt, Storyblok, and Firebase. Our intensive interview preparation helped Aurora not only secure a job as a backend engineer but also receive high praise from her new team. Her success proves that with the right guidance and hard work, you can pivot into new areas and thrive.

Nav, my very first coaching client, and I embarked on the journey of developing a habit tracking app. As a testament to the mutual learning experience that coaching can be, I can genuinely say that I probably learned as much, if not more, from him, marking the beginning of my coaching journey with a profound experience.

Jacob successfully built two progressive web applications - a prayer app and an AI recipe app. Utilizing Next.js for development, he effectively managed his projects with Jira and created impressive mocks using Figma. Not only did he excel in the technical aspect, but he also conducted his own market research interviews with potential app users. Each project was accomplished within a 3-month timeline, testifying to his remarkable project management skills and dedication.

Dan successfully built a fully functional Dungeons and Dragons Management platform. The backend of the project was developed using Firebase, while the frontend was built with React. He also created UX mocks with Figma and wrote comprehensive product user stories. This comprehensive project provided Dan with hands-on experience in various aspects of software development, from backend infrastructure to frontend design and product planning.

Jielin was a former teacher who aspired to transition into the tech industry. She successfully secured her first tech internship after developing an app for managing dog information. Throughout this project, she gained valuable experience in project management through the use of Jira and designed mock-ups utilizing Figma. The app was built using React, which further enhanced her technical skill set.

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