u/sheriffderek wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
This seems like a great opportunity.
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Yeah it's really a good option if you live in NYC and meet the stringent criteria.
You are required to have little to no programming experience, and Codesmith claims that CSX's free curriculum prepares people to be junior engineers.
So presumably to qualify you can't even have don't CSX and have to be REALLY beginner.
I'm curious how the people will place and what kinds of jobs they'll get, the info says people are targeting $65K jobs which is lower than Codesmith's median Immersive ENTRANCE STUDENT HAS!!
The other risk is the time - 8 hours days 9 to 5 for 6 months is a VERY long time. People can't work day jobs and have to work nights and weekends, and that's not easy.
But all of this aside, if you meet the requirements and this works for you, this is a great option FOR FREE!!! compared to a lot of other options you have.