BREAKING NEWS: Codesmith 2023 official outcomes published: CANNOT BE WORSE - placement rate crashed from 70% to 29%. Enrollment also tanked over 50%. The software engineering bootcamp era is over.

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

I've never heard of the IQ test approach being used for any SWE roles. What companies have started doing this?

u/michaelnovati replied · Feb 8, 2025 ★ FEATURED

I've seen two examples: 1. [https://www.gauntletai.com/](https://www.gauntletai.com/) \- first step is an IQ-like test 2. two top VCs started this: [https://meritfirst.us/](https://meritfirst.us/) (aptitude test to get in the pool) Both use "meritocracy" as the guiding principle which has similar language to the new government administrations position.