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How would you rate Codesmith in terms of career outcomes?

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u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Codesmith's outcomes are absolutely legit and it's one of the best programs out there. There are some caveats but their outcomes are very strong on paper, 100%. Notes about outcomes "under the hood": 1. The distribution of outcomes is more spiky than most programs, meaning there is a spike at < $120K and > $140K. People who make more, TEND to have experience already or success in another professional field prior. People who make under $120K TEND to be people who have zero experience and almost no technical experience. Now making $90K for someone in this demographic is an amazing outcome, but you shouldn't come in expecting $150K if you did community college as an x-ray technician, did that for a year, then did CSX for 3 months and think you'll make $130K after Codesmith..... you might, but it's less likely. 2. The outcomes are the median salaries of people who graduate, get a job in 180 days, and report their salary. In the recent report of 301 people, roughly 240 got jobs to include and 225 reported salaries. The median of those 225 is $127,500. But roughly 301 people started and a whopping 25% of people either didn't get a job or didn't report a salary and are not included. If those people $0 then the median of someone who STARTS Codesmith would be much lower. All of this said, Codesmith has great graduation rates and pretty good placements rates, but it's something to consider.