I would try contacting people on LinkedIn that recently graduated Hack Reactor and ask these questions - they are great questions btw. This sub reddit has a lot of Codesmith people in it and leans that way so it's great to get those answers for Codesmith.
I agree with the other comment here that Codesmith is super intense (9am-8pm M-F/9am-3pm S) and has great outcomes and if you are super ambitious, hard working, and ready to hustle, it should be a top contender.
RE: outcomes. So with hiring freezes and the direction of the economy, I wouldn't hold any past outcomes going forward and would choose based on the answers you get to the questions above and as the other commenter stated, go in with reasonable expectations.
(I can talk more about the hiring market based on my observations and experience, but I don't want to derail the thread)
u/Ill-Intern-9131 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Those hours are also the same hours that you have in hack reactor full time just to note
u/michaelnovatireplied·
Sorry you are right I should be comparing the 12 week to 12 week to be fair, I was looking at 19 weeks. I'll correct this going forward.
u/Marine726 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Is it worth it to try for Codesmith if you would have to be fully online? I live in the Midwest so in person wouldnt be an option.
u/michaelnovatireplied·
Yeah from the people I've known from who have done it entirely remote it's still good yeah! I believe they made some small changes but the general staff ratios, expectations, materials, are the same online.