u/nicholaschubbb wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
That's their own choice though right? I don't think Codesmith markets themself as a React SWE factory. They teach you the basics of frontend / backend in React / Node and then you decide where you want to go with that knowledge in OSP where you have 4ish weeks to practice what yo
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
I 100% agree their goal isn't to teach you to become a React expert in a day and I don't think people are mislead into thinking that. So everyone is on the same page expectations-wise.
My whole point above is that most bootcamps are like this and you don't actually learn enough in a given topic to be good at that topic on the job. You do well on the job if you learn quickly, pattern match, communicate well, and I think bootcamps with a very high entry bar selected for these types of people and teach them how to present themselves as engineers to they can get jobs. The actually day to day teaching is not really a factor in my opinion - for the top programs with broad curriculums with these high expectations. For programs that specialize in teaching you a narrow skill for a narrow certification for a set of jobs, that's a different ballgame.
I have absolutely no problems with this either, just that people know what they are expecting and I think most people going to Codesmith expect this. But someone dreaming of getting into Codesmith because it has great on-paper outcomes without knowing how it works that barely gets in after trying over and over and not passing the technicals, might want to reconsider.