u/codecat123 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
i graduated from codesmith back in 2019 - was able to land a mid-level engineer role at $125k base, $150k TC. since then, i've worked for a few companies in tech / healthcare, and have been able to rise from mid-level engineer => sr. engineer => engineering manager => sr. enginee
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
Can you elaborate more on why you found Eric K "awesome" and "inspiring"? There is some controversy around other team members but Eric K is by far the most controversial - people who work there love him or people hate him and no one is in between haha.
I do have two sources of confirmation that he has a group of alumni that he asks to comment and post on Reddit and that raised eyebrows for me. But again, I keep an open mind until I have clear patterns, and sources are super polarizing on him.
I did a deep dive into his resume (looked up press releases, articles, etc... and poked around) and found some questions about his background that appeared different or portrayed differently in his personal pitch, but I've never met him or talked to him personally to clarify those things.