Why is Code Smith, Rithm, Hack Reactor, and Turing the only bootcamp ever mentioned on here? I have worked with student from multiple bootcamps but reddit seems biased on these particular bootcamps.

Good outcomes + marketing. 1. Codesmith has the highest outcomes on paper and about a quarter of people who go there found them on Reddit (internal second hand number)... so people find it on Reddit and then come back to where they found it to talk about it. 2. Rithm is a very tiny program, but is also good and word spreads. But give it's size and much smaller alumni size I don't expect as many students to hang around. 3. Launch School Unique mastery model and "slow approach" so it gets discussed a lot and the Capstone rivals Codesmith for outcomes. 4. Turing. The only accredited bootcamp that became a school, other than Make School that shut down. 5. Hack Reactor. One of the oldest programs, consistently with pretty good outcomes. Has a lot of alumni over the years hanging around.

I'm pretty tough on Codesmith in this regard and I haven't seen evidence yet that people are paid to write reviews, I have seen potential symptoms of that but I personally can't draw that conclusion. I think that people who love Codesmith might be mislead into posting and commenting without realizing that it was strategic on behalf of the company. I don't know if you've been to any Codesmith events, but a number of people there are like crazy crazy crazy friendly, positive, and emoji reaction to everything-type vibe and I can easily see how "an instructor saying everyone: we need to tell the world how awesome this is!" can turn into Reddit comments and posts, and the instructor said that because the program manager said that enrollment is down and they need to try to boost enrollment and the instructor too in on their own accord to ask people to do that. Like I don't think it's like blatant manipulation like you are making it sound. BUT if you have evidence of that, please share with me, DMs are open

I can't recommend any specific ones because it really depends on you and your goals, timeframe, personality, etc... Feel free to DM me more info and I can give you a couple to look at if I feel like I have some good matches for you in mind.

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