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Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by michaelnovati on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @10:55PM (#45523012)
Yeah I'll I'm going to say for now is that if all your competitors (that I spoke positively about) are shutting down and shrinking and laying people off... there's more to the story. A sad story about an industry dying that should be told.
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by vachina on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @11:53PM (#45523313)
There’s a pattern to the way you communicate, where you always end things at a cliffhanger.
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by truakon89 on Friday October 10, 2025 @03:09PM (#45542596)
He converses like male Karoline Levitt
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by cap11235 on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @11:19PM (#45523141)
Great, then give us more to the story.
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by LilBytes on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @11:50PM (#45523293)
With sources.
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by michaelnovati on Thursday October 09, 2025 @12:16AM (#45523431)
Start with this and let me know what you think of it: https://www.reddit.com/r/codingbootcamp/comments/18cpq98/ana...
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by baobun on Thursday October 09, 2025 @01:10AM (#45523755)
I'm sorry, what does anything there have to do with any of the claims people in this thread are asking you to back up?

I don't see anything there that adds anything to the story except solidifying the picture of you as an obsessive stalker. It certainly doesn't help your case.

In case I overlooked some key detail, please point it out.

Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by LilBytes on Thursday October 09, 2025 @02:18AM (#45524159)
We're getting sent around in circles, he has nothing.
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by michaelnovati on Thursday October 09, 2025 @03:43AM (#45524728)
I commented on the moderation stuff only for now, https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=45524707&goto=item%3Fi...
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by Montymio on Thursday October 09, 2025 @01:17AM (#45523799)
So the article shows clearly that your graduates do the same exact thing. Grads from Harvard do it. But that doesn’t mean Harvard is telling them to do it. Job seekers are gonna be job seekers. But for you to basically stalk these grads and collect data on them…when they’re not even YOUR grads?? bonkers man. you have no place being a mod. It’s everything broken about the fucking internet right now.
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by mikelovenotwar on Thursday October 09, 2025 @04:36AM (#45525067)
> It’s everything broken about the fucking internet right now.

This sums it up. The attitude and behaviours deemed by this man as acceptable are a highly problematic, and a contributor the cesspool that the internet has become.

Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by kjs3 on Thursday October 09, 2025 @12:24AM (#45523483)
Were you a moderator for them as well?
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by Montymio on Thursday October 09, 2025 @01:20AM (#45523818)
“it’s a sad story” is such an “aw shucks”, condescending sorta bullshit thing to say. I’ve read your posts where you claimed to be bullied as a kid (which i’m obviously sorry for if true), but to then channel that into becoming the bully yourself? That’s 1000% on you, Michael.
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by Hadriel on Thursday October 09, 2025 @01:35AM (#45523913)
Michael for what it's worth I went to Codesmith back in 2016 lol and even then Will was a lil greasy with his marketing! LOL
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by baubino on Thursday October 09, 2025 @04:01AM (#45524845)
You keep saying that there’s more to the story but then won’t say what that ‘more’ is. If the article is truly not a truthful accounting of events, you have the opportunity here to set the record straight. That you are not doing that only reinforces everything the article is claiming.