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/Fantastic-Pace-7766 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

This is absolutely 100 percent false. I am unsure why you Codesmith students have to lie in here as well as on resumes? I guess once you learn it you learn it? Also, you blaming the companies, and saying it is not Codemsiths fault for verifying, is absolutely ridiculous. You, and

u/michaelnovati replied · Jun 20, 2025 DELETED · archived copy ★ FEATURED

A number of alumni are brainwashed and don't even realize they are lying. And then they get upset or defensive when you call them out because Codesmith "changed their life". A number of these people come around eventually and it's one of the reasons there is zero Codesmith activity anymore on here. After people get out of the bubble they see the truth and they don't go back and Codesmith alumni network is also dying.