u/Codesmith-James wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Absolutely! Codesmith is an ideal program for folks with prior experience. We see this in many of our alums who have come with a background in tech and the immersive program helped them break into a new space in their career. Codesmith is an accelerator to leadership (largely be
u/michaelnovati replied · DELETED · archived copy ★ FEATURED
Prior experience as a SWE or prior experience in tech? Those are two completely different things. Prior experience as a legit SWE, do not do Codesmith. Prior experience as SWE-adjacent or other tech role, consider Codesmith.
Since you are answering this "Official AMA" representing Codesmith, be careful misrepresenting the company.
The vast majority of alumni according to your own data had no prior SWE experience and it's not even super correlated to Codesmith outcomes (it is a bit, but not really).
If you haven't seen your own data ask for it before trusting other Codesmith staff.
The one off single anecdote about a PayPal manage graduated Codesmith SIX YEARS AGO and took THREE YEARS to become a manager.