u/BootcampBen wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I mean its the same here. People say a lot of stuff about this school is better or best, or bootcamps are a waste of money just DIY, all kinds of stuff. You ask those people and basically none of them have gotten into a bootcamp, completed it, or gotten a job. Its pretty wild to
u/michaelnovatireplied·★ FEATURED
I've seen you around a lot, do you have any corrections on any of the things I've said? Or in the future, let me know too.
I've had a few people (3) message me about halfway through Codesmith telling me that my analysis is shockingly accurate and that I seem to understand the workings of the program at a deeper level.
Not saying this to brag, but to say that I really do take pride in trying to be accurate in what I say, so appreciate any corrections!
u/surreal_strawberry wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
If you'd like to talk to people who've successfully finished the program, see the #celebration channel on Discord or the Twitter hashtag. I think there have been >200 folks who've gotten a job with this since the first cohort 2 years ago.
I started working on 100 Devs less than
u/michaelnovatireplied·
200 people though on a Discord of 40K with 5K online poeple is not crazy successful by bootcamp standards. But it's extremely impressive for a free program. Which is why in my comment I say how unique a community it is right now.
u/noncomposmentis_123 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Do you have an opinion on Practicum?
u/michaelnovatireplied·
I haven't used it myself but I see their ads and they are well done, and their website is very polished. I tried to look into who owns them and found that their privacy policy lists Yandex as the owner (via a company in Switzerland) - which is the mega Russian search engine, which is now a multinational company with a lot of businesses.
Other than that, I don't really know much about it!