u/Chemical_Cup_6496 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Option one becomes less likely when you consider another statement, roughly that lying/doing unethical stuff to get a software job will hurt your career unless intervention is done. (Sorry, the reddit/markdown issues ate most citations here and hereon). Adding that to the mix Fra
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Hey, short answer to long prompt but I did read it all and appreciate you sharing your thoughts about it. I think you are trying to pull conclusions from my writing and tying them together and the missing piece is that it's not my job to blanket recommend or not recommend programs. Every program has good and bad things and the larger the program the wider range of experiences people will have there. I actually stand by most or all of the things you quoted.
Codesmith itself (staff and leaders) are strongly against lying. Somehow though most graduates I've seen on LinkedIn end up with embellished resumes.
I have heard numerous theories why, but it's not as clear cut as Codesmith the entity is a bad actor manipulating the industry and some people do go through it feeling like they didn't lie about anything and got a great outcome. So if I think you would be one of those people, go for it! If you aren't then don't.
That one is more of a call on your value system and I don't want to impose mine, which is why I dont' make any broad conclusions about them one way or the other and am very careful at doing so.