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u/SlowestTriathlete wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

Codesmith doesn't copy/paste to learn.

u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
The Codesmith tech talks they arrange for each student with "Single Sprout" are copy / paste. I watched 5 videos, all of the people plagiarized from sources and read them word for word or with minimal changes without properly sourcing them. I just googled 10 or so sentences and found the original posts where sentences and paragraphs were pulled word for word. If a college student was caught doing that they could be suspended or expelled. Don't get me wrong, as people will attest, I often recommend looking into Codesmith as a strong option in DMs. This is just a tiny portion of the process to check off a box on your resume. I don't want to call anyone out specifically but you can reproduce by watching some Codesmith Single Sprout tech talks, and google sentences here and there. u/SlowestTriathlete do you know anything more about this? I might be completely wrong, just something I noticed (I have Youtube content of all kinds running all day long)

u/SlowestTriathlete wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

Mhm. Have you attended Codesmith and gained access to what's taught when you're in a paying cohort?

u/michaelnovati replied · · edited
No! I genuinely recommend Codesmith to a lot of people, this was not meant as a criticism, but these videos stood out as something super weird that I noticed recently, I'll ask around. I removed my first sentence, it was weirdly worded.

u/InTheDarkDancing wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

Michael isn't incorrect with what he's saying although there are definitely people who put a good chunk of work into their tech talks. People are supposed to include a list of sources at the end of the presentation but it's not like that's audited. The way the speaker series wor

u/michaelnovati replied ·
Thanks for the explanation u/InTheDarkDancing makes a lot of sense! I also think this is a fairly off topic discussion and apologize for diverging. This is a great overview though.