u/InTheDarkDancing wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Again, you're free to reach out to an unbiased selection of alum on LinkedIn to see if your hypothesis all these Codesmith grads are getting fired is true. And I'm not at all agreeing Codesmith people are mired in SWE mediocrity, but I don't know if you're just out of touch, but
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
From my experience, people are very happy and proud to drop their names in the spreadsheet and cheer on their peers outcomes... and a lot more reluctant to talk about how hard it is on the job and the failures that come with it.
I think this is the reason you see so many Hackbright and Hack Reactor and App Academy alumni at FAANG companies 5 years down the road, and while you see a good number of Codesmith alumni at FAANG too there is a greater number 3 jobs in as "senior engineers" at unknown non-tech companies pushing $200K. A mid-level Google offer though is $300K and I reiterate that an appropriate first job -> FAANG mid-level is a much better outcome down the road than what most Codesmith students do.