u/StephenScript wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Google was down for hours last month. I’m not going to argue that this is not an unfortunate circumstance, but I need to point out how disingenuous your post is. This was not your “last straw,” as you have been on a crusade against Codesmith for years. Any opportunity to bash th
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
I'm restarting my comment:
Formation is not a bootcamp or generally competing with Codesmith. Codesmith has marketing adds explaining what a for-loop is and assuring you that even if it's too confusing Codesmith is for you. You can't join Formation without industry work experience as a SWE. The closest overlap is the AI program because we're offering AI productivity courses soon and they offer AI leadership courses. But there is very little overlap.
We are harmed if Codesmith declines because because 75%+ of Codesmith grads that join Formation like Formation a lot and it's a wonderfully complementary service.
There's a difference between continuous demonstration of incompetent engineering practices, tons of security issues and such.
I meant that this was the last straw about engineering practices because I had been privately telling them all kinds of problems for a while now and they keep telling me how great their engineers are.
Don't justify shitty junior-level engineering because of bias, it is objectively shitty. Normalizing it is the grooming behavior Codesmith does with it's students to convince them their 3 week OSP is 4 months of experience equivalent.
RE: CIRR, there's no excuse for a website to be down for days for a rebrand. ZERO.
RE: 2024 outcomes were tanking from the past and half as good as their main competitor, Launch School.
These are objective facts and I'm going after Codesmith because of their behavior lacking integrity.
Not a single employee at Formation cares about Codesmith or how they do, on the record. If I ever mention it, no one knows what I'm talking about.
Upvotes don't dictate the truth, facts do.