Codesmith launched cohort 2 of the Future Code NYC program (free bootcamp for NYC residents who make un $50K and have zero coding experience)

Last year they 'highly encouraged' people to post videos and creative pieces publicly on Reddit, and social media to explain why they wanted to join. I felt like it was a gimmick to try to get free marketing for Codesmith, but it came across they wanted people who will articulately market and advertise for Codesmith and be very supportive. I don't know behind the scenes. The people who contacted me who were accepted were extremely strong at coding, but technically had no computer science degree (perhaps they dropped out or had a mechanical engineer degree), maybe they went to another bootcamp first, maybe they had done a lot of scholarship courses but they weren't official courses.... etc.