Who you are actually working with
Tutoring is taught by Joseph Abate, a software engineer with 6 years writing production code and 8+ years tutoring computer science. Over 500 students across college and university programming courses so far.
- One to one
- $40/hour
- Group of 2 to 4
- $25/hour per student
- Reply time
- Usually within 4 hours, same day
Sessions run online across Canada, and in person around Toronto and the GTA. No contract and no minimum commitment. I guide the work, you write and submit your own.
Proven student support
500+ students helped
8+ years teaching and tutoring
58% to 72% in five weeks
62% to 92%
47% to 79%
37% to 71%
Sound familiar?
Your program compiles after AI helped, but you cannot trace the pointer or memory state by hand.
You lose marks on small C/C++ details: references, constructors, destructors, structs, headers, or file I/O.
The assignment is due soon and the code is close, but every fix breaks something else.
How the triage actually runs
- 1
You bring the problem
Send the course, deadline, and the assignment, error, or exam topic that has you stuck.
- 2
I reply with a next step
I review the details and tell you whether a focused tutoring session is the right fit.
- 3
We work through it together
In a paid 1:1 session, we work on your code or topic and leave with a practice plan.
Academic integrity stays clean: I help you debug, trace, and understand your own work. I do not write submissions for you.
What we fix first
The triage is not random tutoring. It is a diagnosis and a focused repair plan.
Pointer and memory tracing
Assignment rescue debugging
Class design and operator overloads
Midterm style dry runs
What better looks like
- Walk through your code line by line and explain why it works.
- Debug pointer, memory, class, and data structure problems without guessing.
- Prepare for closed book C/C++ questions with blank-file practice.
Questions
Can you help if my C++ assignment is already half broken?
Yes. The first session is usually a triage: reproduce the bug, isolate the bad assumption, then make sure you understand the fix well enough to explain it.
Do you do the assignment for me?
No. I help you understand and debug it so you can submit work you can defend. That is better for grades, interviews, and not getting stuck again next week.
Where students book from
Sessions are online, so it does not matter where in the GTA you are. Students book from across these areas and nearby campuses.
Need a different subject?
Java Tutoring
Get unstuck on OOP, inheritance, interfaces, collections, exceptions, JavaFX, Swing, and data structures without hiding behind generated code.
Python Tutoring
Get unstuck on functions, loops, lists, dictionaries, recursion, testing, file I/O, and assignment debugging without copying generated code you cannot explain.
Data Structures and Algorithms
Linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, recursion, Big-O, sorting, and exam tracing taught until the reasoning is yours.
Computer Science Tutoring
A focused first session for students who need help with programming, assignments, debugging, AI dependence, or a course that suddenly got serious.