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Saw that Codesmith’s NYC cohort is going back to in-person classes starting in the fall. I wonder if other bootcamps will start doing the same. Do you guys prefer remote or in-person?

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u/someone wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

It's interesting to me that they did this, as a future Codesmith student. I don't live in NYC or LA so in person at CS would be out for me anyway, but I thought for sure they were going to stay remote. I'm ADHD and focusing isn't easy sometimes at home, but I'm not sure I'd w

u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
One thing to watch out for is their CIRR remote outcomes are for their first test cohort and only contain 25 graduates (a typical cohort in person is 36). In their announcement about remote way back when, I felt it was implied they were going to be more selective for the first cohort to ensure the experience met their high bar and outcomes were high. Presumably the quality will continue or they would have stopped, but just something to note as their outcomes in the generally are partially due to having a very high bar to begin with (20% over 140K but also 20% under 110K)