u/CodedCoder wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I wish someone would join Codesmith undercover, then go through the course, and then write an actual article about it. So we don't have to see students whoa re unhappy being constantly attack by happy students, and we can see who is telling the truth, that is a very good idea lol
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
The entire week by week schedule and materials are out there if you pay attention (btw we had a Fellow retreat last week with 8 Fellows and hopefully people can attest I spend very little time on Reddit and rarely talk about Codesmith IRL haha)
Ultimately you can't cram an "elite graduate degree" into 12 weeks so if you saw the day by day schedule and materials you would probably think it's crazy, e.g. 2 days on React, but you shouldn't be looking at it expecting it to be what you are paying for.
We have a philosophy that all the materials you need are freely available online, and since everyone learns differently, there are not just all the materials you need, but variations of them in all kinds of styles. So the value add is trying to guide you with the right things at the right time instead of trying to teach. There's less value in the raw materials itself and you aren't paying $20K for that.