u/ZealousidealAct9665 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Glad we agree it isn’t meant to be standealone. Therein lies the problem. 3 years ago I tried csx thinking it was standealone because it’s “top of the funnel” and “for beginners”. I thought coding wasn’t for me and dropped out. Without the encouragement of my peers I would’
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
That's an interesting perspective, thanks for sharing. I didn't realize that would push people away from the industry.
Codesmith has a bit of a cult-like following and branding (that is also pushed internally constantly - always told the curriculum is perfectly optimized, the resume process is perfectly fine tuned, etc...) and I guess that comes across on the outside too - 'this CSX course is perfectly prepared for beginners and do it to get into codesmith and since codesmith is the best, then....'
It's definitely not that the best. Their content team is working on a story about people who do CSX and get "junior roles" immediately without doing Codesmith, as opposed to the "mid level and senior" roles you get at Codesmith. So I think they internally think highly of CSX if they think CSX is equivalent of 'other bootcamps'. Watch out for that blog post haha.