u/keylimepiewolf wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Chiming in as someone currently in Hack Reactor - I’ve enjoyed my experience so far! I have a friend doing Codesmith at the same time so it looks like we’re learning a lot of the same stuff. FWIW the students have generally been excellent, and I’ve learned a ton from them! From m
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
I disagree frequently that Codesmith's outcomes speak for themselves. They are unlike most programs in that there's a peek of people on the high end and a peek of people in the low end and they don't break out results by experience level. So people with more experience or a stronger background who end up making more money might not be realistic for someone who is maybe from a completely unrelated industry with no even vaguely related skills, like basic math, and I don't think that that's clear from the results.
In addition, I've worked with several Codesmith alumni who got fantastic jobs after the 6-month window but pretty close to it that they report on and those people don't even show up in their results. So there's a lot more going on than just what outcome say on paper. both good and bad.