u/charmcityyy wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
u/michaelnovati Appreciate the response. Formation practical work reminds me of Launch School’s core curriculum. No fixed time limit and the focus is on building fundamentals. Which I think is great. Launch School also has an open source portion like Codesmith (capstone). Though
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
Yeah Launch School's Captone projects are definitely better than Codesmith's. I would say they are similar but the attention to detail and legitimacy is higher on the Capstone.
RE: Formation, we aren't a self paced program, it's actually the opposite, you do no work in deciding what to do, and every week we tell you what to work on! And what you get adapts based on how you do.
We are working on predicting time frames better based on other people who did Formation but right now, it's too hard for a human to estimate precisely given how unique each person's experience is and we need to do more complex predictions. It works best when you have a job and do Formation part time so there is less financial pressure.