u/Noovic wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Both parties are skewed . They both have their personal interest in kind even if they day they re trying to be non biased it’s human nature . Personally I wouldn’t recommend any bootcamp atm for anyone . It’s basically burning money you could spend on a real degree bc no one
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Absolutely, everyone is biased and so am I. I have a very skewed view of the world.
I started off as a middle class kid in Canada, who was terrified of leaving home.
I stumbled into Silicon Valley and met all kinds of people from self-taught people to Stanford grads, and everything in between.
I worked my ass off to become the #1 contributing engineer AT ALL OF FACEBOOK when I left in 2017.
I didn't like how I got EXTREMELY LUCKY to be there, but the Stanford and Harvard grads with wealthy families - who were brilliant and very hard working - just seemed to have different path.
Kamala Harris called it the opportunity of "failing forward" I think last night?
At the same time, bootcamps were not working to help those people from non-traditional backgrounds make it. There were ONE PIECE of the puzzle, but not the answer.
So after taking a break after Facebook, I joined my partner's existing mentorship work to start a company that would help people from non traditional backgrounds get from step 1 to step 2, not from step 0 to step 1.
Just like you, and everyone else, our stories bias us. And our stories give us all unique perspectives.
I'm here to share my perspectives openly and transparently.
Whether you like me or not, agree with me or not, I'm here trying to be an open book, as me - an individual person.
Codesmith's post is absurd. Tying me to some company mission and making up a completely bull shit narrative that I've already explained to them privately is not true...
It really is a sign that no one should do bootcamps right now, especially Codesmith, they are grasping at straws and blaming everyone.