u/Gainsrpossible wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I’ve been looking at code smith and it seems like it’s for people with previous experience. Especially the people who’ve graduated and gotten hired for mid to senior level positions. How true is that? As someone with no experience would this benefit me? How many hours do you log
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
They are softening the language around mid level and senior roles. They used to say 70% of alumni receive mid level roles and 25% receive senior roles, but recently removed it from their LinkedIn because it’s subjective to say the least. I worked at Facebook for 8 years and have an extensive network at top tier companies and people found that claim somewhat infuriating as people with no related experience cannot get mid level FAANG roles (rare exceptions and edge cases but not 95% of Codesmith alumni) and the roles they are calling mid level and a senior are somewhat made up. People with prior work experience can get mid level roles and people can get job titles with inflated language (some contractors call everyone a “senior engineer”) but at the truly top tier bar, no.
So I would encourage you to look at Codesmith if you have no experience and you’ll be just fine if you have the raw skills necessary to be at the bar.