u/Solid_Appointment_24 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
One of the meetings, Will sentence claimed he started to compete with ivy League University to give opportunities to people who were gate kept from them. I felt it was an emotional act and rubbed me the wrong way.
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Well Codesmith is absurdly selective and creates a community of tight knit people that support each other.
Sounds exactly what he did - simulate the Ivy League gatekeeping model where he is now the gatekeeper and selects the most brilliant people from non-tech backgrounds and gets them into tech.
Nothing wrong with that, it's a good idea that has gotten some exceptional people (I've worked with some of them later on!) into tech much faster and easier than traditional paths.