u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
So I think this is a bit unfair and please don't post everything about individual people. Sure LinkedIn is public, but the students themselves are following guidance and shouldn't be called out in my opinion and nothing good will come of that.
Don't get me wrong, I'm particularly upset that a leader told Codesmith alumni that Formation is a scam 1-1 and that people claiming an affiliation with Codesmith have personally insulted me and Formation on Reddit repeatedly claiming that I'm conspiring to steal Codesmith students. I hope these people aren't actually affiliated with Codesmith and are just trolls (you never know on Reddit) because that kind of behavior isn't the amazing community Codesmith, and all of the hard working students and employees, stand for from what I've seen.
Why I think you are being unfair:
1. All of the alumni I have worked with are very hard working, pleasant, professional, ambitious people. Whether they have a job or not, they will be very successful engineers. Give them a chance. Sure some of that is selection bias from their high bar of entry, but the individual people shouldn't be a part of your grievances.
2. The first month or two post Codesmith isn't a fair benchmark. People just spent 3 months living and breathing the Codesmith way 60 hours a week, give them some breathing room to find a job.
3. Codesmith published a bunch of details yesterday about how CIRR works in an official blogpost that was clear and direct, and you should look at and trust CIRR results are real.