u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
This is a great example of how Codesmith's 4 week long OSP turns into what looks like a large project/company, fit with the website, logo, and it's posted all over the place.
I looked at the code and this is about 1 day of focused work for a really good senior engineer (the core project, not the marketing and write ups) and it is not mid-level or senior engineering work from 4 people for 4 weeks. Obviously the ideation, planning, and marketing take a lot longer when you don't have experience yet, as expected, so this is not a criticism of the people working on it, but a criticism that the project is at the equivalent of months of work at the mid to senior level, as their chief academic officer has stated (presented to me as notes from lecture from a student that though this was concerning)
This is one of the key ways that Codesmith grads, who choose to do so - not all, present themselves as experienced engineers.
If you can't tell from the links above that this is affiliated with Codesmith, then you'll see why recruiters can't either and mistake it for work experience, especially at smaller companies.
EDIT: Want to clarify this is NOT a criticism of Codesmith's a whole or a reason to not go, or think it's sketchy. As many of you know, I often recommend considering Codesmith as a top bootcamp. I'm just representing the views that many people in industry have from their OSP projects and it's a specific aspect of Codesmith I disagree with.