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Navigating the Debate: Bootcamps, Criticism, and Personal Responsibility

r/codingbootcamp

u/RuthGreen601 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

IMO this subreddit feels like it's being run by one loud, very invested mod who’s also running a business. Formation gets a sweet deal by steering the convo here since it's crawling with bootcamp grads. What people don’t seem to catch is that this whole 'level up your career' tal

u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
I'm very fair about potential conflicts of interest. In my opinion, the conflict of interest is that about a third of people at Formation did botocamps in the past, so it's a good chunk of people who come to us in the future. And no, these aren't recent grads who can't get jobs but people with real work experience post bootcamp. I think I disclose.and manage this well and that it's a relativrly minor conflict. You know what's worse, anonymous accounts that could be run by bootcamps, manipulating discussions, and they shouldn't get a free pass just because they are anonymous. I shouldn't be villainized because I'm not anonymous. There is a happy medium. I don't own this sub and there are two other mods with different views. I was made a moderator after demonstrating for two years that I could manage my biases well and be fair and reasonable. Reddit permanently suspended about a dozen pro Codesmith accounts and two mods of their sub, many of which had new, anonymous accounts with unclear backgrounds.