u/Yohezey wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Some context before I make a comment, I am sure that some people from Codesmith will recognize my username, but this is my experience (and opinions) with Codesmith. I also graduated from Codesmith's main program back in April of 2023 and have sent over 2 thousand job applications
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Hey, thanks for sharing your experience with everyone, two follow up questions in bold below. There's a lot of common stuff I hear about career support at Codesmith (in terms of response times and the idea that they don't really care if you give up after a year because it won't impact CIRR numbers anymore). Additionally, people often report that alumni mentors tend to regurgitate the lectures, repeating the same solutions and people who get it, do well and people who don't just get told they are "hard learning" and to figure it out.
**I have a follow up question, which is how many people in your cohort do you think were in a similar boat, i.e. what was your approximate placement rate within 6 months?**
Codesmith aggressively markets that their alumni are mid-level and senior engineers and bluntly, I saw [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/codingbootcamp/comments/18cpq98/analysis_of_52_most_recent_codesmith_offers/) that the people who were getting jobs tended to exaggerate their resumes significantly in landing potential "mid level" jobs. **Do you think going the honest "entry level" route could be what's causing the lack of success?**