u/sheerqueer wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Yeah graduated Hack Reactor 2022 😅 Still looking for a job. I accept responsibility for the position I am in though.
u/michaelnovati replied · DELETED · archived copy ★ FEATURED
To give you an idea of how things have changed - if you went to Codesmith and graduated in 2022.
95% of people who started graduated, 70% of the graduates got jobs within 6 months of graduating (and 90% of them reported their placement to Codesmith) = 63% "self reported placement"
If you graduated in 2023:
95% of people who started graduated, 43.6% got jobs within 6 months of graduating (only 60% reported their placement to Codesmith - **A MAJOR DECLINE =** 26% "self reported placement rate"
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Codesmith hasn't given any 2024 placement data even though **ALMOST ALL 2024 GRADS HAVE HAD 6 MONTHS POST PLACEMENT AND THEY INTERNALLY KNOW THE DATA**
The reason I'm so enraged here is that in 2024 when they internally knew about that major decline, they told the public that even in a tough market, Codesmith was crushing it. They conveniently pulled all these blog posts from their blog when they moved over to their new site last week.
.... but they weren't crushing it. Graduates disappeared and the placement rate tanked to almost nothing garbage level.
Did they acknowledge this? No.
Did I know about this stuff anyways and call them out during this time? Yes.
And they flat out gaslit me so I'm yelling loud and clear for the world to hear.