u/L4ShinyBidoof wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I have gone through your program outcomes after you stated multiple times that formation is targeted for people looking for Senior engineering roles at FAANG companies and that this is the primary reason why you do not consider yourself a competitor to codesmith. You said that yo
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
1. Our numbers only include full time SWE work experience and exclude contract roles, internships and non-SWE work.
2. In 2022 the average amount of experience was lower, but you can see that that the vast majority had work experience already even then. The people who didn't have work experience were mostly bootcamp GRADUATES who were job hunting for their first full time job and wanted to level up even more. We don't accept those people.
3. This data is from 3 years ago around when I started participating in the sub. Things changes and you should read our newest report for H1 2025, or even 2024 annual. The reported in that article cherry picked 2024 and 2025 data so you should use the same.
4. You can have non-computer science background and still have worked for 3 years as a SWE.
5. Not everyone wants to be a Senior Engineer at FAANG, but the intention of those people was largely to be employed in FAANG mid level + roles. The ones with no experience were aiming for FAANG entry level roles.
6. Codesmith on their website says they have about 76 people out of 4000 who work at FAANG so the overlap seems incredibly low even on entry level FAANG roles.
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