u/Imaginary-Fall-1168 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Thanks for the detailed response, after this comment it seems unlikely that I will go with Codesmith at all. Appreciate you commenting, may have saved me ALOT of money!
u/michaelnovati replied · DELETED · archived copy ★ FEATURED
I suspect you'll get messages from Codesmith people telling you I'm crazy, all you have to do is ask how many people were placed in 2025. They were very upfront about that number in 2024 and they currently list 102 offers between August 2024 and January 2025. Ask them how many offers that have reported in 2025 and if they won't give you a number, don't give them your dollars.
Just look at their own data carefully, look at the "percentage of people not reporting salaries" spiking on their reports. Look at the dropping salaries.
By all objective measures the data is falling off a cliff - and this data is trailing reality.
They know very well what's going on internally and it's offensive to me that they gaslight the public to the contrary in my opinion by still quoting old data combined "recent placements at Amazon and Meta" (yes, like 4 people... and most had tangential experience). Don't fall for it.
But this is largely market problems and not Codesmith - Codesmith's problem is manipulating you about the market.