u/Fightmebr0 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
The way codesmith grads represented their open source projects was designed to make people think they had real work experience. If you have seen many codesmith grads linkedin, you would know this. Its not just one or two it's was a clear pattern. The attribution of 40% to Michea
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
My question is where did that money go then? It didn't go to Formation sure as hell. It didn't go to defunct Rithm. Didn't go to Launch School. Didn't go to Hack Reactor with it's single digit cohorts. Didn't go to EdX that shutdown its bootcamps. Didn't go to App Academy or BloomTech or Launch Academy that paused indefinitely. Epicodus maybe? Shut down. Code Up? Shut down.
Answer: it went no where because the industry collapsed.
This is the plain and simple answer that the author didn't look into and that it's absurd for Codesmith to claim and severely damages my reputation with what any reasonable person in the industry would know makes no sense.
Maybe it was taken out of context by the author. 40% decline of a smaller number maybe? Codesmith leaders have been celebrating the article so I assume it's correct.