u/Team_Codesmith wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Hey Everyone - it’s the Codesmith team here! We wanted to make everyone aware that the above post is made by Michael Novati, CTO of Formation, one of our competitors in the SWE pathway space. We do need to jump on to let people know that this post contains disinformation abou
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
We do not compete with you. Our marketing and recruiting team have not mentioned a single person that they can remember in the past year even mentioning considering Codesmith, but many are asking about Interview Kickstart and Pathrise. Do you guys think you compete with Pathrise and Interview Kickstart as well?
I'm not sure if you are delusional or have incompetent internal communication processes but I explained in detail to Eric Kirsten on your team via email a number of months ago.
I full on recommend Launch School at this time. Do you consider them a competitor? Why would I recommend them if I'm here to take down competitors?
As usual you all are big on words and small on details and execution.
RE: Reducing Prices
That's a fair argument to make it more accessible. Why didn't you make it more accessible in 2022 or 2023 and why make it accessible now then?
Launch School Core Live is completely free so why not make these all free if accessibility is your goal?
RE: Cherry picking your outcomes
Let us know offers accepted in Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, May June as well then!
If not it looks like you are cherry picking.... very obviously and your own recent Alumni feel that way so tell THEM and not me, they care a lot more than me.
RE: Misleading Alumni Placements
I'm not in that channel so I don't know why, but your own alumni raised this to me that they were surprised to see their friend show up as a new placement when they placed a year ago. I floated this by a former staff member who concurred and sent me a survey you sent out recently to try to reengage alumni who were already in the system as a likely source.