Checking in on Codesmith a year later. After recommending Codesmith for 2 years I stopped recommending them a year ago because of massive staff loss, program cutbacks, and tanking outcomes. A year later, things are even worse 😭.

I'm not backing down from anonymous accounts personally criticizing me using the same language and tone. That's for sure personal at least. Codesmith doesn't have to shut down to make me happy. The other option is for Will and Eric to leave the company entirely and let Alina try to fix it without being stuck between a rock and a hard place. Will tries to approach things from first principles... the way he thinks it should be is the only way and is not distracted by or listening to others to change his mind. The problem is that when called out for getting something wrong, he seems completely incapable of acknowledging it (at least in public) and instead either ignores it, or defends against it instead of addressing it. Some of the best builders have this attitude but it only works when you are actually right at the right time. Will has been wrong about too many things now and the company collapsed down to a deflated shell of its former self and people still come to Reddit to tell me it's my fault and not his. Alumni, former staff, etc... are no longer supporting him and while they might not like me for my tone and personality they understand why I'm doing this and get it. You might not be there yet but I'm happy to DM with you to talk about it. If it's personal, try to figure out why. Will says I do this because my brother interviewed at Netflix and lost a job to a Codesmith grad. I'm not aware of my brother ever interviewing at Netflix so that one is wrong. So maybe try again? If you can't figure out why it's personal then maybe it's not.