For Parents & Students
Your child deserves more than simulations.
Just Code It Academy puts students on real development teams, building real products for real clients. They learn the AI tools professionals use, ship code that matters, and graduate with something better than a certificate.
Curriculum
What they'll learn.
AI Development Tools
GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude — the tools professional teams use daily.
Modern Tech Stacks
React, Next.js, TypeScript, Python — real industry frameworks.
Professional Workflows
Git, code review, PR processes — how real teams ship.
Real Problem Solving
Debugging, testing, documentation — skills that transfer everywhere.
Leadership
Who's teaching.
Serial entrepreneur who's built six companies and is now building the development studio he wished existed when he started.
An established K-12 programming and AI school in Redmond, WA. Trained teachers, proven curriculum, and a direct pipeline of advanced students.
Two Paths
Choose your track.
Paid Professional Track
Earn while you learn.
- --W-2 employment, WA State minimum wage
- --~10% of project work with real responsibilities
- --Formal resume and professional references
Immersive Learning Track
Go deep without delivery pressure.
- --Code reviews on live production work
- --Parallel exercises with closer mentorship
- --Portfolio-quality projects at your own pace
Outcomes
What they graduate with.
Deployed Product
A real project in their portfolio, not a toy app.
Professional References
From developers and clients who saw their work.
AI Fluency
The tools every modern team uses, mastered from day one.
Career Readiness
Or a paycheck — Paid Track students earn real wages.
Investment
Tuition & structure.
for the initial 3-month training phase.
After training:
Paid Internship
Minimum wage, real employment.
Continued Learning
Reduced tuition rate.
For high school juniors/seniors and college students.
FAQ
Questions parents ask.
Tuition is $3,000 for the initial 3-month training phase. After that, students either transition to a paid internship (minimum wage, real employment) or continue in the supervised learning track at a reduced rate. Contact us for current pricing details.
We’re a professional development studio with an integrated training program — not a traditional school. Students graduate with something better than a certificate: a deployed product in their portfolio, professional references, and real-world experience with modern AI development tools.
Just Code It Academy is founded by Colin Li, a serial entrepreneur (6 startups, building #7) with a Math + CS background and 15+ years of development experience. JCIA is built on the infrastructure of CodingMind Academy, an established K-12 programming school in Redmond, WA.
CodingMind Academy is Colin’s K-12 AI and programming school — it provides trained teaching staff, proven curriculum, and a pipeline of advanced students. Just Code It Academy builds on that foundation to offer a more intensive, project-based experience for older students ready to do real work.
For Students
Here's what your day actually looks like.
You show up. You open your laptop. You pull the latest code from a real project with real users. Your senior dev left review comments on your PR from yesterday — you fix them. You use Claude to help debug a tricky API integration. By the end of the week, your feature is live.
This isn't a simulation.