u/sheriffderek wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I’ve personally met and worked with a lot of CS students over the last two years who were very far from being hirable - if. It worse off than when they started with distorted expectations. But I’m just questioning in general - if 30% is actually pretty good for any education path
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
I mean it's not bootcamp VS CS degree, the only other comparison is other bootcamps.
And yeah I work with a bunch of Codesmith grads too and it's crazy how they all come in with IDENTICAL RESUMES AND PITCHES and I work with them as individual humans and each one has their own trajectory.
It's one of the reasons I know so much about Codesmith, like some of these people are like shocked... like you have no idea how DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE each person is and their path is entirely unique. Some don't work out too. It's not magic, it's just applying extensive experience, judgement, and taste to give advice to people and it works out more often than not.
Codesmith treats all the people the same, there is one option, and every single of the dozens and dozens of resumes I've seen are almost the same.
Maybe this worked back when it was exploiting a market inefficiency, but it's embarrassing now.
When these people wake up and see reality, they often feel a lot more confident in themselves.
It's ironic because Codesmith claims to help people conquer imposter syndrome by turning them into "mid level and senior engineers" but they are really teaching people how to fake being a mid level engineer so well you aren't caught as an imposter.
I think it's better to build people's confidence through helping them identify what they are good at and not good at and finding a path that leverages the good, whatever level that may be.