u/michaelnovati posted ·
SHARING A POST FROM CSCAREERQUESTIONS: What happened to the bootcamps?
SHARING A POST FROM CSCAREERQUESTIONS: What happened to the bootcamps?
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u/InTheDarkDancing wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
534 comments and only two mentions of Codesmith (and one of those is Michael). It's wild how on this sub that talking about Codesmith is borderline meme material, but outside of these walls it's pretty much unheard of.
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
Yeah, no one I talk to has ever heard of Codesmith - and it's why the OSLabs portrayal as work experience actually works at tricking people from companies that don't know any better. And when people I know see examples of resumes and LinkedIn, I haven't seen a single industry person that thinks the portrayal is okay.
But, as you said, no one cares - my friends have crazy impactful jobs to do, the recruiters are hiring super senior people and don't care that much about people tricking their way in on entry level that much.
I truly understand both sides of this and the only reason I talk about it so much is that the view that reflects how the industry feels about this is not represented well in this subreddit and instead people continuously tout their salary outcomes in a way that leads people who don't know any better down what might be the right or wrong path, but for the wrong reasons.