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Codesmith Grads - Stop lying on your background checks. Your OSP is not 'employment history'. I've received a number of couple of people having trouble with background checks because they put their project as 'work experience'. STOP.

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

That's the company's fault for not caring, how is it Codesmith's fault that the company doesn't do due diligence? Placing the blame on the wrong thing. I once put the wrong number for a reference and turned up "unverified". The company asked for a W-2 which I submitted and passed

u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
Agreed, it's equally the hiring company's fault. The moral point I have is that Codesmith advertises it's methods and pedagoy and Will is like a GOD TO STAFF MEMBERS. But all of that is bullshit. He's a phony who can't code. If Codesmith was honest about how people get jobs I wouldn't criticize them. If someone who is smart and autodidactic just knew they could self study and put their personal project as 1.5 years of work experience thye wouldn't have to pay $22,500 for Codesmith to tell that to them. So Codesmith keeps up this facade like the Wizard of Oz with Will Sentance manipulating everyone around him when behind the curtain, things are not as they appear.