u/SlowestTriathlete wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Most of us list it as open source experience, not professional paid experience. And it is indeed open source - no lying there.
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
We have this discussion a lot and people keep sending me more detailed info that makes me believe otherwise. It's very clear from official instructions to not lie but it's in office hours and 1-1s that the pressures come out in subtle ways. I am far too busy to dive into this but have all the raw ingredients to definitely demonstrate the stats on how every single student ever presents their experience and I have primary evidence of an employee telling people that Codesmith tells people to put 3-4 months of experience for their 3-4 week OSPs.
I showed some people on my eng team in person, without any context whatsoever, a guideline to consider separating OSP from "open source projects" on your resume to make the OSP stand out and how to make a LinkedIn company for that project (while also clearly saying don't lie) and someone very senior said "that's fraud".