u/Accomplished-Map-984 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Current Codesmith student and went to CS Prep! I’d say CS Prep is worth it if you are serious about attending Codesmith cause it gets you familiar with the Codesmith way of workflow. Also your tuition rolls into your Codesmith tuition if you get in which is a plus 🙂 Codesmith’s
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Both Codesmith and Rithm care a lot about their curriculum and their instruction in general. So even though Codesmith has like a hierarchy of former students teaching, they do a good job and have a high bar for sure. Both teams have employees with lots of instruction years of experience and comparatively little industry years of experience. They both prioritize the learning experience.
Codesmith wins handsdown on the job profile preparation. Codesmith grads usually don't list Codesmith on their resume, they post about their projects, their talks, and come across as accomplished industry engineers, etc... Rithm grads post graduation messages proudly stating they graduated from Rithm and are on the job hunt. Very different approaches that show the difference in approaches.