u/fsjay723 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
They are pivoting to sectors where they can get revenue to stay afloat without closing up shop like most bootcamps. I praise them for that, what else do you want them to do? No one’s hiring and layoffs everywhere they gotta do what they gotta do. lol Jeez, does it make you fee
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
Well the "leadership" has minimal AI experience. Of the three people: one has product experience, one has like no tech experience for 10+ years, and one has never worked full time for a real tech company.
Like who the heck would hire tis group of people to overhaul AI at a Fortune 500 company?
I'm not trying to be mean but just realistic.
Like lots of companies ask me to do talks and stuff because I'm one of the highest output engineers in the world but I'm not the right person to overhaul AI tooling at a Fortune 500 company... I know what I'm good at and what I'm bad at.
I think they are going to die even faster with this pivot in my opinon.
You don't get points for good intentions in this industry.
You don't get a trophy for trying.
You don't build credibility by paying somebody on Upwork to write Twitter content for you.
Their homepage hero right now that seemed that changed on Friday is an illegible mess, like something is wrong there in my opinion.
People make up all kinds of bull shit reasons why I push them so much.
Here's the reason: TOUGH LOVE. Will Sentance had so much potential. He captured an audience with a teaching style. He cared about every Codesmith graduate. I have been trying to help for years giving feedback to turn that POTENTIAL into a lasting success story.
Even with threats and harassing porn subscriptions being done in my name, I'm not giving up because of that screwed up potential.
But it might be too late now, he fucked it all up because he listened to the wrong people instead of hearing me out.