u/throwaway9873298732 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
As a **former Codesmith graduate** **(FT '22)**, everything said here is factual. The most important point I can add is **the CIRR numbers are suspicious**. From my cohort as of now, roughly **2/3rd of us are employed in tech** or a tech adjacent field. The cohort after mine - w
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Thanks for sharing your views and examples. I said this in my '2023 bootcamp predictions' post that we're going to see a lot of people complaining this year, while a lot of bootcamps remain largely the same as they did in <= 2021 and I stand by that. Codesmith was over-credited in the past in a good market for on-paper outcomes and will be overly criticized now, as will many good programs. We're seeing similar sentiment about Hack Reactor and Tech Elevator recently.
I also completely agree on OSP's being misrepresented and I think Codesmith is going in the wrong direction by doubling down on them.
Can you elaborate on sending lawyers after people in private? That seems concerning. I know that protecting intellectual property is super important and I could see that for leaking important content, or confidential business information. But no one should threaten you for stating your opinion about an experience. It's healthy to have productive discussion about what worked and didn't work about a program so that other people can make the right decisions.