u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
I comment on many of those threads and get notified for every post in this sub, and it sounds like you are super bias already at the start. I don't see many people selling other bootcamps on Codesmith posts or steering people away from it. I see a few one off comments, but it's not the core content on most posts.
In fact a very large number of alumni from Codesmith who do videos for them, are active here, and write reviews online with their names on them, actually WORK/WORKED AT CODESMITH AND ARE/WERE ON THE WEBSITE AS EMPLOYEES. Reddit is anonymous by default but it's not that anonymous when people give out a lot of information that identify who they are.
I have a following of hundreds of people now - many of whom respect my extremely thorough and balanced view of Codesmith - and many of whom end up going there because of my recommendation after talking to them - and I criticize certain aspects about Codesmith frequently, I talk about the good ones frequently, and I talk about Formation frequently. I can't give out sources, but people affiliated with Codesmith in many ways - not just students - send me stuff and corroborate my views - I'm not making stuff up and am simply summarizing sources.
For example, only a few people know about the letters of references signed off by "OSLabs" that people were "software engineer working on X" for months. When I ask about that to students and alumni and fellows they just say it's above their pay grade. It's still a boogeyman. So if you don't know the boogeyman exists that I have actually documents and evidence exists, don't say it doesn't exist. And even though this happens, it's not a reason to NOT go there. It's just a part of the reason to understand how their placements work and how people get great jobs.