u/Swami218 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
5 months is a pretty short time in this market
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
A lot of people say that but what do you think that means?
Like does it mean that people need to continuously apply and they finally get lucky at month 12?
Or do they need to do more supplemental work and then job hunt when they have more experience?
Are they waiting for a local maximum in hiring to get into a job?
Are people fishing interviews from competitiveness?
And whatever the factor is, why isn't Codesmitb addressing that factor to strengthen grads in the areas slowing them down?
Codesmith's CEO loud and clear said that Codesmith style applications have a 20% response rate so why the heck would it take so long.... someone could spend an ENTIRE DAY doing a Codesmith style application and get a response a week.
They don't seem to understand the market or how to navigate it and keep telling people that the same old same old works, gaslighting alumni, not making enough changes, and it's too late now.
If people are getting jobs at month twelve because fake OSP work experience makes the person look like an engineer with a year of experience, that might work but it's not justifying Codesmith's existing right now.