u/r3tribut3 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Originally, I was going to choose Codesmith since that's what a lot of engineers recommended. I took the advanced JavaScript course for two weeks to see if I liked their teaching style. In the end, I went with TripleTen instead because I prefer learning at my own pace but still w
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
there's a lot in this comment that I think would be relevant at the top level too and really changes my perception.
1. the fact that you got or most of it covered from work is really relevant because it kind of changes the decision. I'm not making a comment on if something is a scam or not. I try to make comments on very specific aspects and not the overall program. generally, if a program encourages you to get your work to reimburse training, then usually the work doesn't really care that much what you're doing and the quality can be lower without impacting as much because you're not as angry or upset because your company paid for most of it and your company doesn't really care because they just have these big pools of money to allocate to these programs.
2. If you're working as a day job then I think it's very hard to do codesmith even part time. they have examples of people that do it, but personally I just think it's like incredibly hard because for 9 months straight you're basically working 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. every single day I think it's even longer now. maybe it's almost a year cuz they added 2 weeks of generative AI stuff that probably turns into like a month or two extra on part-time.
3. So different programs have scholarships for people of different backgrounds, but they are framed as scholarships and if they're charging people differently just because of their gender, that's discriminatory so do you have more details on that? or maybe like clarify your comment because otherwise it could sound like you're saying that they're doing something discriminatory and they might not want you to say that if they aren't actually doing something discriminatory.