Senior Codesmith staff member addresses "the odd negativity on reddit" [leaked]

Hi, I looked this up, and I don't feel like I was super involved in that post or thread, but sorry you feel that way. I do indeed participate in a lot here, which I hope encourages and stimulates productive discussion more than discouraging people from participating. I have absolutely zero intention or standing (moderator or not) to doubt or question your personal experience as you see it. I have full intention and full right, just as a user, to question extrapolations and statements beyond personal experiences. So saying something like "I feel like I learned all the DS&A I needed at Codesmith" is not something I would question. Saying "Codesmith absolutely teaches you all the DS&A you need for any job" would be something I would absolutely question, because I have a examples that strongly counter that. This might be subtle but I think it's a huge difference that I take very seriously. If you make a statement about me personally that I don't agree with, I also have the right to (in a professional way) state why. I'm very happy you had such a positive transition and experience and want to share that with people and you should. There are a lot of people that Codesmith works for, and until this week I recommended people go there a couple times a week 1-1, because it's the right decision for a number of people! With all the changes happen that have yet to settle and all be implemented, it's very rational to be cautious and to want to see how it all plays out. e.g. They don't have any "co-working space" contracts yet that they are planning on adding and I want to see how that plays out, even though I hope it works out well, it's not all executed yet. I don't think being a mod is an issue. I don't work for a bootcamp, I'm not targeting people with no experience looking at bootcamps, and I've been consistently proving that day to day for a long time now, before I was made a mod, rather than just trusting me saying this here. I genuinely don't spend that much time on Reddit, you don't know me, how I work, what I do, etc... But extrapolating what you see it your prerogative, just like I can share me, and I know me better than anyone else knows me. For all the talk, I know enough about Codesmith and enough about their all of their students and their backgrounds and it's just not for the same people at all. Like instructors at Codesmith for a year are borderline ready for Formation, nevermind people who just graduated, and nevermind people who haven't even started it yet. Note, we change our pricing a lot, but to clarify, the $10,000 is NOT for life. It's until you get a job. We've had a dozen or some people come back in the future for another job hunt and they have to pay AGAIN. We've had someone come back three times and pay every time. If each time, we produce way more value in your job transition than you pay us, then it can be a very rational decision for people to make. Also the $2,500 a month option is meant for people currently in active interviews who need a month or two of boost, and not meant to be a long term thing. There's a lot of fine print that caps subscriptions, and packages for 2, 3, months, etc... Anyways, day to day actions speak louder than rhetoric in these posts. You can rush of fake years of consistent day to day actions, and while I'm far from perfect and make mistakes, everyone does, and I hope a lot people I've demonstrated my consistency too would back me up.