u/Iyace wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Haven't heard that claim, but I'd be incredibly skeptical of it. Ultimately title matters very little as aggregate across the industry: smaller companies give out titles because they're a free way to comp the engineer and underpay. Bigger companies tend to have have higher bars f
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
The program is Codesmith. They have a high bar but most people have zero work experience and get mid level roles. The typical grad does so by lying about the length of their experience and the program itself has a non profit sister company sign off on letters of reference to confirm them.
I agree it's impossible and all of my coworkers agree, but was curious about your opinion too.