u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
Hello friend, you asked for tough questions, so I'll throw out some of the tough ones since you are an employee, I expect you might not be able to answer them but you've repeatedly asked for tough questions so I'll try!
EDIT: just want to make sure that I disclose that I'm the co-founder of mentorship and training program (that is not a bootcamp or direct competitor to Codesmith, but we tend to work with a number of people who graduated from borocamps at some point in the past) to be transparent about biases.
Hard Questions:
1. How does Codesmith staff handle when a resident gets called out for OSPs not being real work, e.g. in the offer process or during interviews? Or phrased differently, is there a stance internally on how to handle students that have issues with their OSPs during interviews?
2. How do background checks work for OSP projects and how does Philip Troutman get away with signing letters of reference for OSLabs for background checks when people never actually worked there for 3 months?
3. What's the rationale behind the staff's stance that junior roles should be rejected, even if people have no other options?
Less Hard Questions:
4. The way you track your time and owned the learning journey is impressive. Do you feel that the successful alumni have similar traits? Or what other traits amongst alumni are common amongst those who succeed?
5. Are you concerned about your contract job not converting and what is plan B?
6. What would you have done if you didn't do Codesmith?
7. How many people do you feel exaggerate their OSPs on their resumes vs are completely truthful about it?