Codesmith vs Rithm

Both of these are solid bootcamp programs, I would also consider Launch School Capstone in a similar bucket. I've been rabbit holing this weekend a bit on Codesmith because I received some interesting information a while ago and additional information last week that I finally looked at, and I may or may not continue recommending them in the future. I'm going to wait for their H2 2022 CIRR results - so see if the information they present aligns with the information I received or not before I make a call here. They are in additional doing some very shady stuff with OSLabs, Parallels, and Codesmith. I received evidence directly from an employee, documented, that 'OSLabs will sign letters of reference for 3-4 months of work for a 3 week OSP project'. While I have long complained about the majority of people exaggerating their experience on resumes and LinkedIns - despite Codesmith's documentation telling people to not lie - but hearing the words right out of a full time employees mouth was a bit jarring. In addition, OSLabs is an independent charity that legally has to be very disconnected from Codesmith and Codesmith is very careful to make it clear they are not involved with OSLabs, however the above statement raised some flags. There is also far too much overlap between the founders/board members of Codesmith, Parallels, and OSLabs. I have a lot more to say about this but I don't have time right now and it's pretty serious so I don't want to say it publicly without multi primary sources of evidence.