u/EffectiveTeacher4 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Some folks from Codesmith have mentioned on this sub that their outcomes dipped a bit starting in the second half of 2022, but this also happened with all other bootcamps. If I remember their comment correctly, the rate was around 40% - 50% within 6 months (I also heard from one
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
My hunch is the outcomes are stronger than reported because people who go missing don't tell cohort mates anything, but might report to Codesmith and they can only be higher than anecdotal reports. But how much higher? I still think 50% is reasonable and hopefully around 60%.
I'm going to make a call now and you can tell me if I was right in 6 months. I think we're going to see a fairly high placement rate on the next CIRR report, like 60% maybe even 70%, but we're going to see an increase in "% of people not looking for employment" and in "% of people not reporting salaries". One of the CIRR loopholes is that employment can be verified via LinkedIn if a person goes missing, but their salary will be excluded. So if someone gets a job in a completely unrelated field, but is "employed" on their LinkedIn, then they count a placement in the percentage placed. I think they will work a lot harder to investigate missing people to find a way to count them as a placement and if we see a spike in "% of people not reporting salaries" that's a big sign this is happening.