u/sheriffderek wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
This seems like a great opportunity.
u/michaelnovatireplied·★ FEATURED
Yeah it's really a good option if you live in NYC and meet the stringent criteria.
You are required to have little to no programming experience, and Codesmith claims that CSX's free curriculum prepares people to be junior engineers.
So presumably to qualify you can't even have don't CSX and have to be REALLY beginner.
I'm curious how the people will place and what kinds of jobs they'll get, the info says people are targeting $65K jobs which is lower than Codesmith's median Immersive ENTRANCE STUDENT HAS!!
The other risk is the time - 8 hours days 9 to 5 for 6 months is a VERY long time. People can't work day jobs and have to work nights and weekends, and that's not easy.
But all of this aside, if you meet the requirements and this works for you, this is a great option FOR FREE!!! compared to a lot of other options you have.
u/fluffyr42 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I think this is a great idea, and I'm glad that it's being offered. That said, I think they're going to find issues with the program structure. Not working for six months is not accessible to their target audience of low income New Yorkers, so I'm curious to see how many people a
u/michaelnovatireplied·★ FEATURED
Yeah having run a range of programs with different demographics, this is a huge challenge. People who are really ambitious think they can do it and a number of people will drop, and since this is completely NO COST, there is less reason to stick to it. I'm happy to try to send the right people their way for this but I'm waiting to hear more about who qualified.
You have to have "little to no programming experience" and Codesmith claims their free CSX platform produces engineers capable of getting junior roles at LinkedIn and Meta, and I don't know anyone even earlier in their journey.