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Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by sunshowers on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @11:00PM (#45523041)
Hi Michael. We overlapped significantly at Facebook and chatted a few times (I was on the source control team from 2012-2018ish, part of which was the migration to Mercurial). Correct me if I'm wrong, but you wrote some posts about how you wanted something like git rebase -i, right?

I know your heart is in the right place, and have a great deal of respect for you. I think being the most active moderator of a coding bootcamp subreddit while also running one is probably not the best use of your time, right? Even though I know you're being honest, just the appearance of a conflict of interest can be an issue. Why not find someone else to take over the reins, someone who isn't actively involved in the industry?

Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by michaelnovati on Thursday October 09, 2025 @12:13AM (#45523414)
Hi. I don't run a bootcamp. I recommended people go to Codesmith too and there's a lot more to this story. It's missing half the context.
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by ryanmerket on Thursday October 09, 2025 @12:44AM (#45523591)
Bud, your LinkedIn of you and your wife say you are founders of a bootcamp.
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by michaelnovati on Thursday October 09, 2025 @03:44AM (#45524730)
Where does it say that?
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by exogeny on Thursday October 09, 2025 @10:59PM (#45535028)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43758527

You literally say it yourself!

Christ, man. Stop digging. You fucked up, stop moderating, and move on.

Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by oeirugjoiwejo on Thursday October 09, 2025 @09:03AM (#45527125)
His github shows it as place of work.

Also from his HN comment history:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43758527

> Hi, I'm the co-founder of Formation

Oops.

Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Red... by jibal on Thursday October 09, 2025 @09:11AM (#45527228)
> Critics shouldn't be silenced

a) non sequitur

b) Then you're good with the massive amount of criticism you're receiving.