Hack Reactor vs Codesmith vs Rithm

It depends a lot on you personally, how far along you are, and what kind of environment you want to learn in. As with almost any program, you have to do the work and get the job. No program will give you a $100K+ job... you get paid that kind of money because of the impact you have in generating more value than that for the company. Rithm: 9am to 6pm, direct instruction from senior engineers/instructors, capped at 18 people class sizes, mock internships. Focuses on actually learning. Codesmith: 9am to 8pm + Saturdays, Cohorts are 36 people and instruction is from former students (either new grads, or previous grads who were hired full time). More of a "firehose" style program where ambitious people who power through do well. Entry bar is designed to get people from free sessions -> prep -> immersive and selects and for people who are already strong from self teaching, and communicate well. Hack Reactor: 9am to 8pm + Saturdays, I've heard of larger cohort sizes but don't know the exact number. The entry bar is a little lower but the program is also a "firehose" style ideal for ambitious people so more people drop out who can't keep up as a result of the lower bar. Instructor is from full time instructors typically hired from the outside and also some recent grads as TAs. For people who have self studied successfully enough to get accepted into Codesmith, you probably will do well in any of the three.