u/AcademicPlankton6630 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
All of the leaders I was taught by at Codesmith, top to bottom, except for maybe one or two people who did one off lectures had ZERO industry experience. It’s so weird now to think that after a few months on the job I know SO much that even our lead instructor had zero experience
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
Yeah those were reasons I've been told.
My personal opinion is that since every single instructor has only worked at Codesmith (a fact they are open about) from fellows (TAs), to instructors, to lead instructors to senior engineers, people don't have industry experience to fallback on and they perpetuate a unified consistent message.
But one hole in this reasoning is why alumni later on, don't come back and try to change the narratives. "Career Support Engineers" who review resumes tend to do it part time while working in industry. I hear anecdotally that are told more 'how it is in reality' during 1-1 chats, but these people still uphold the Codesmith guidance. I'm curios why they don't question the presentation of the OSPs and presumably encourage it - because Codesmith's official guidance is very clear to not lie.