u/Frosty_Square6926 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I think that's a bit harsh. It doesn't look that bad to me. Looks like a pretty standard modern marketing site. It may not be perfect but nothing obviously broken. Having minor alignment issues, inconsistent spacing etc. is very common even with major companies. Also, I don't thi
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
We're on the same page that Will genuinely cares about improving education and genuinely cares about each Codesmith student and outcome.
The problem is he's not capable on the ground and his vision doesn't justify sharing thousands of students information in a call, losing the credentials for their AWS account, or his website leaking sensitive info like application gender and disability status. You shouldn't have to sacrifice anything to support that.
He allegedly sold 70% of his company in 2015/2016....
Court documents allege an agreement to make $500K a year and up to 50% of profits (not sure what that is for $23.5M of revenue)...
It's not an excuse for sharing "Landman Season 1 Web Rip" repeatedly alongside a "U.S Treasury" folder on this computer.
It's terribly sad because he hired a ton of people from Upwork to address his deficiencies and they arguably made it all worse. The same lawsuit alleges that it took Codesmith 6 months to provide accounting and ownership information because they needed a forensic accountant to figure it all out.
And this great guy sends me a LinkedIn message out of nowhere telling that he has taught "1M+ students".
A former staff member told me confidentially that 'Will's \[lies\] will be their downfall' and while I have no evidence Will intentionally lied to the person, it's just like insane to me that this person was given so much leeway because he talks a good talk.
Regarding the website, agree to disagree, but there are 10 issues that at Facebook would warrant emergency drop everything fixes and maybe my bar is just very high?