Montymio
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Reddit Moderator
on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @01:29PM (#45672379)
haven’t they literally launched thousands of graduates into mid level roles? Codesmith’s data backs it up, and i think that just pisses off Novati
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Reddit Moderator
on Thursday October 09, 2025 @07:33PM (#45534111)
show it
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Reddit Moderator
on Thursday October 09, 2025 @07:29PM (#45534095)
you sound just like michael.
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Reddit Moderator
on Thursday October 09, 2025 @02:43PM (#45531494)
or maybe you’re part of formation’s PR. The article lays out the reality.
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Reddit Moderator
on Thursday October 09, 2025 @02:41PM (#45531464)
They are absolutely competitors:
https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/08/software-engineer-training...
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Reddit Moderator
on Thursday October 09, 2025 @02:34PM (#45531390)
and btw - for all of Michael’s attempts to say “we’re not competitors!”, i think its pretty damn clear they are.
Absolutely a competitor:
https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/08/software-engineer-training...
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Reddit Moderator
on Thursday October 09, 2025 @11:17AM (#45528895)
did they sue?
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Reddit Moderator
on Thursday October 09, 2025 @11:10AM (#45528798)
the fact that you’re so entitled as to describe and assess their staff like you’re an insider who actually works there. That’s crazy. and creepy AF
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Reddit Moderator
on Thursday October 09, 2025 @11:05AM (#45528734)
i heard this has actually been going on for 3 years
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Reddit Moderator
on Thursday October 09, 2025 @01:36AM (#45523920)
just gonna guess here. Were you “invited” because you had signed up with Codesmith under an alias and then received a standard event invite? because it doesn’t sound like anyone at Codesmith would be personally inviting you.
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Reddit Moderator
on Thursday October 09, 2025 @01:32AM (#45523885)
a judge would def consider the extreme nature that’s occurred here. the number of posts is astounding, and the SEO damage could be monetarily accounted for.
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Reddit Moderator
on Thursday October 09, 2025 @01:28AM (#45523859)
Here’s why i think you do it— it’s because if Codesmith can do what it says it does, which it clearly can from everything I see, and which would make them a direct competitor to Formation, then you and Formation benefit by either, a) talking them out of Codesmith indirectly by bashing Codesmith relentlessly on reddit and creating a haze of doubt, or more likely maybe— b) you create self doubt for Codesmith grads so that they’ll then feel like they need Formation somehow. In other words, your near daily posts on reddit help turn Codesmith grads in a sales funnel for formation. Either way, it’s gross behavior.
Re:A Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp by Becoming a Reddit Moderator
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 Reddit Moderator
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.