u/InTheDarkDancing wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
The downvotes for this post speak a lot (it's marked as controversial at the time I'm making this comment). People with very established presences on this sub for years are afraid to promote what they believe to be a useful resource solely because it's associated with Codesmith.
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
And other people are concerned about Codesmith 'finding them and suing them' (almost a direct quote from someone but changed to protect the person) and don't even post at all.
For example the recent negative post about Codesmith was deleted, and another recent one deleted their account entirely, two other people contacted me who feel like they were "paid off" (both direct quotes in their words, not mine) after complaining about various things at Codesmith (one internally, one on Reddit who they found).
Clearly this is not healthy in both directions but clearly there are reasons why it is this way that haven't been untangled yet and no other bootcamp has this kind of pattern of extreme polarization.
Like I said, I have a day job (which has nothing to do with this situation, but I accept whatever people send me so keep it coming and I'll keep reporting what checks out and that I can anonymize.
I do have one proactive fact checking reach out that to a company's PR team that I'm going back and forth on and I'll report back, but if I spent real time on this, maybe I would have more to say.