Don The Developer tries to be a neutral place. He's maybe a little more suspicious of bootcamps and tends to assume something's up until proven otherwise haha, but does a decent job at interviewing grads about pros and cons of bootcamps.
He's so adamant about his neutrality though he will only interview people he reaches out to and not people sent to him as "success stories" so it might not be a great fit but could maybe ask him.
u/Iyace wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Is there like a campaign against you by codesmith? Every reasonable comment I see you write gets downvoted instantly, lol.
u/michaelnovatireplied·★ FEATURED
There's a campaign against me right now since I criticized CIRR yeah. It happens every time I criticize CIRR.
That's why I'm here day in day out for 2+ years now and have a strong long term reputation.
There are some alumni that REALLY love Codesmith and some that REALLY DON'T love Codesmith, and it is what it is.... on both sides, anonymous people who have very little history making rude, angry, or personal comments.
I have nothing against Codesmith overall and up until their recent changes recommended a lot of people go there (and might again once things stabilize).
u/Iyace wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I'm still not entirely sure why bootcamps haven't evolved to be career accelerators, like what you're trying to do. There's enough people in the industry who don't have good mentorship from the jobs.
u/michaelnovatireplied·★ FEATURED
I mean if you look at what we do and IK does and Pathrise does, it's a really completely different way of operating.
Bootcamps are human-centric business. Codesmith has almost no actual code, the engineers work on their Main website and CSX website.
Pathrise, IK, and Formation are all platforms with a bunch of proprietary technology to help people prepare for interviews and job hunts.
It would be like a small fine dining restaurant changing to selling food in the grocery store.
It's possible, but it's not as obvious as it sounds.