u/KFCConspiracy wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
> To counter this, many Codesmith people I've talked to explain in person after some questions that these projects are not real companies and they are unpaid projects, so it might be a technique used to get through resume screens and get more opportunities. I think that would ju
u/michaelnovati replied ·
Yeah they are. I work with a lot of alumni get their 2nd, 3rd, jobs etc... and I've heard things like that leadership tell people they work '12 to 16 hour days so their work counts as months of experience'. I've also heard sketchy things about background checks too.
I didn't want to include anecdotes in that write up because I think there's two sides to every story and I wanted to present things objectively. But yeah that pisses me off too on a personal level.