u/CodedCoder wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Agreed, it is crazy lol.
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
\+1 there is a common pattern of Codesmith comments that get 10 or more upvotes in < 30 mins. I had evidence shared with me of a senior leader asking people to comment on a thread, and it's really sad that it happens, and they blame declining enrollment on anything but their leadership and just have stern talks with admissions people and pay them extra money to fill cohorts. (all second hand from primary sources)
This person is also affiliated with one of the instructors at Codesmith that is super all in on Codesmith and likely asked them to comment, and likely a leadership member asked the instructor to comment. I say "likely" because I'm not supposed to know these things haha.