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CIRR appears to be done and irrelevant now - Codesmith needs to get off the Titanic before it sinks (Personal Opinion)

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u/curiousinquirer007 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

That makes sense - but the question still seems to remain: *what* “other [objective] data and information” is there per your suggestion - that can be used to evaluate any specific program? For example, are you aware of any programs that did share more recent objective (i.e. indep

u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
I wish I had a strong answer, but I don't. I think better information would include: - backgrounds and experience of people before entering - more clarity on the types of jobs people get - more satisfaction related qualitative info, i.e. "how much do you credit your bootcamp in getting the job you got" - histograms on placement times and salaries instead of medians and averages - including all forms of comp in data, like bonuses, benefits, etc... - salary increases - i.e. someone leaked data that mid last year the average placed student at Codesmith had a current/previous salary of about 70K - which is higher than the median placed salary at some bootcamps - more transparency on hiring companies. too many bootcamps show a wall of logos of amazing tech companies, and talk about anecdotal placements there, but what are all of them. e.g. are people making $120K at a design agency vs $100K as a Pinterest SWE apprentice.