u/sheriffderek wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I've seen/heard the same. And it seems like it could be a win-win for everyone (for the reasons you've outlined). But I've also seen it go the way where they're ordering office equipment and helping to build out the growth and really weren't learning more and weren't ever going t
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Yeah Codesmith is a place where people intentionally delay their job hunt start date to teach and many of those people find that time both challenging and useful.
\- They are paid about $50K a year, which is much lower than the $120K job expected at Codesmith, but people see it as continued learning and don't mind the "lower" pay.
\- The time windows for CIRR get bumped until the end of the TA-ship
\- A handful of these people get hired as full time mentors, paid $80K to $100K and have a pathway to becoming an instructor paid at $120Kish if an opportunity arrises.
So this is a very unique pathway but one that Codesmith has gotten working like a machine and it's been critical, in my opinion, to helping them scale very well.