Thanks for the update!
Do you have a sense of how important job hunting is going to be yet? or an emphasis on preparing to get a job at the end and references to that?
Also just want to confirm you haven't started working on the OSP project right? I want to make sure in the end people don't list 6 months of work experience on their OSP when it wasn't close to that haha. Codesmith normally advise to put the entire time at Codesmith for their OSP on their resume.
u/michaelnovatireplied·★ FEATURED
One more question? How much interaction do you have with Codesmith staff.
I was running the unit economy of the program. If Codesmith has two dedicated instructors and one program coordinator for 6 months, that's about $200K. If they have a fraction of other people's time for outcomes, program coordination, grading etc... that's another 100K.
So if the program costs Codesmith $300K, I'm curious if this is a philanthropic program if the city of New York would pay $900K for everyone's tuition to enroll in Codesmith.
Seems kind of weird if Codesmith profits a huge amount from the program to subsidize its other programs.... like the City of New York shouldn't be keeping the lights on haha.
So just curious if you can list out the staff jobs (NOT PEOPLES NAMES) you work with in the program to do the math.
u/Codesmith-Fellow wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I don't feel comfortable doing even that, my posts are just me telling my experiences, sorry I couldn't be any more help.
u/michaelnovatireplied·
I have the structure already haha but was more curious how you perceived the support. More generally speaking do you feel like the staff ratio is good. Do you have access to a wide range of help and different opinions and points of view on demand?
u/starraven wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I’m wondering about the verification you had to provide to the program? Did they ask you for your social security number, your address, your current employer? Did you have to prove you were:
A) a resident in NYC
B) making below a certain amount
C) never held a tech job
D) neve
u/michaelnovatireplied·
Based on someone post on LinkedIn they are in the process of doing a CS degree and took classes but haven't graduated and they are in the program.
u/starraven wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I have to say, I was pretty curious about the program because I know a bunch of software engineers pay to go through Codesmith. Was wondering how they vet their candidates if it’s taxpayer money pushing them through.
u/michaelnovatireplied·
Yeah I'm wondering why NYC is ok with handing over so much profit to a for profit company when a non profit like Pursuit is available to run this.
u/ResidentFormal955 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
haha. reddit isn’t where u come for real advice. too many trolls roaming free. congratulations on getting into that program tho.
u/michaelnovatireplied·
It's also where bootcamp employees hang out with fake accounts to manipulate discussion. I guess those are trolls too, so maybe you're right.
u/ResidentFormal955 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
nope, not trolls Michael, just proud of codesmith and the work we do every day. you should try it at some point.
u/michaelnovatireplied·
So you are an undisclosed Codesmith employee?
u/ResidentFormal955 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
is there a michael novati official form i need to fill out if i were to disclose that? although maybe im not an employee at all. or maybe i was but am not anymore.
u/michaelnovatireplied·★ FEATURED
People can be whoever they want on Reddit, there are pros and cons about being anonymous and about being non-anonymous. Regardless of choice, you can have integrity or not. I'm trying to reach out to Codesmith to talk, because there are two-way misunderstandings about intentions that would benefit not just both of us, but the whole community, to try to sort out.