u/peppiminti wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I graduated CS in 2023 and my cohort, the one before, and the one after me had 60+% placement rate for 6 months post grad. Everyone who didn't give up applying got jobs eventually as well. A lot of us don't respond to their alumni e-mails so numbers aren't reflective. People grad
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
Thanks for sharing, that would help explain why they had 65% of placements 'non response but verified via LinkedIn' for 2023 grads in CA.
Questions:
1. Are these people getting SWE roles or taking adjacent jobs?
2. If people are not responsive to Codesmith, how do you know the cohorts have 60% placement rates? Are you using LinkedIn yourself or are you using the unofficial channels.
(I ask because the alumni that have messaged me in the past few weeks have universally called their alumni channels "ghost towns" (they are 2024 though!)
3. Why do you think so many people are no longer responding to the emails compared to in 2022?