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This concept seems great, and I work for a very large company shown in the "trusted by" section. I also noticed that you have a quote from an engineer at my co

This concept seems great, and I work for a very large company shown in the "trusted by" section. I also noticed that you have a quote from an engineer at my company who does not exist in the company directory or on LinkedIn. I cannot find any information about a subscription on our intranet. Are the companies shown in the "trusted by" section actually subscribers, or are these placeholders for now?

EddySchauHai 4y ago
> Trusted by engineers at top companies with learning budgets They probably have one guy at a company and add it, based on a survey/form where people could in theory lie about where they work or add previous positions if they're unemployed. Note the companies aren't subscribers, an 'engineer' from that company is a subscriber.
- sarupbanskota 4y ago
  Indeed, you're right — it's companies where our engineer customers work. It's been a while since we looked at that list tho, so it probably could use a refresh! For some companies on that list, we do have more than one engineer subscribing, and for in many cases we've spoken to them to learn about their motivations and feedback. We also have a Private Leaderboards feature for teams. In the past few months, a nice small win for Paul and I is what we like to call the "Slack Share Effect". It's when one of our users shares CodeCrafters within their company Slack, and then we notice multiple new users that work at the same company. When we get in touch with them, I always enjoy asking "how did the OP describe CodeCrafters on Slack?" and 100% of the time, I discover that customers do a better job describing CodeCrafters than we ourselves could. It's also how we uncover use-cases :)
  - EddySchauHai 4y ago
    Fwiw I like the idea and will look at subscribing myself later. These are projects I see as magic and would love to know more about, especially Docker and SQLite.
    - sarupbanskota 4y ago
      That gives me an idea for a tagline! "We explain the magic"
sarupbanskota 4y ago
Thanks for the kind words! The logos highlight companies where our customers (the engineers) work. Since we're early stage, so far it's more common for engineers to discover CodeCrafters, sign up by themselves, and expense it to their company. That might explain why you can't find information about subscription on the intranet. We also do have cases where we work with companies to land team subscriptions, so if you'd be interested for us to engage with your company, feel free to drop me a note — sarup@codecrafters.io, and I'd love to help. It might be that the person you couldn't locate has moved on from the company, but I don't have a good explanation for why you couldn't find them on LinkedIn :-D If you emailed me, I could ask them and find out for you (for references, etc) — for most listed on the website, I've been in contact with them :)
- bytelane 4y ago
  Thanks for clarifying! I got excited that maybe there was a corporate subscription in place.
  - sarupbanskota 4y ago
    Of course! Please feel free to drop me an email, I love working with engineers to get their companies team accounts. It's even more fun with colleagues :)
- turtlebits 4y ago
  It seems kind of disingenuous to show companies logos, when it could just be a random employee- let alone using the phrase "trusted by".
  - m00dy 4y ago
    oh come on guys. "Trust by" sections are pure marketing bullshit. I wonder who really takes a step back and thinks about whether they are real or not. Welcome to Internet.
  - molyss 4y ago
    Really nothing disingenuous here. “Trusted by top companies with learning budget” is pretty damn clear and accurate. All in the same font, so there’s no “fine print” argument to be had either.

EddySchauHai 4y ago

> Trusted by engineers at top companies with learning budgets They probably have one guy at a company and add it, based on a survey/form where people could in theory lie about where they work or add previous positions if they're unemployed. Note the companies aren't subscribers, an 'engineer' from that company is a subscriber.

sarupbanskota 4y ago
Indeed, you're right — it's companies where our engineer customers work. It's been a while since we looked at that list tho, so it probably could use a refresh! For some companies on that list, we do have more than one engineer subscribing, and for in many cases we've spoken to them to learn about their motivations and feedback. We also have a Private Leaderboards feature for teams. In the past few months, a nice small win for Paul and I is what we like to call the "Slack Share Effect". It's when one of our users shares CodeCrafters within their company Slack, and then we notice multiple new users that work at the same company. When we get in touch with them, I always enjoy asking "how did the OP describe CodeCrafters on Slack?" and 100% of the time, I discover that customers do a better job describing CodeCrafters than we ourselves could. It's also how we uncover use-cases :)
- EddySchauHai 4y ago
  Fwiw I like the idea and will look at subscribing myself later. These are projects I see as magic and would love to know more about, especially Docker and SQLite.
  - sarupbanskota 4y ago
    That gives me an idea for a tagline! "We explain the magic"

sarupbanskota 4y ago

Thanks for the kind words! The logos highlight companies where our customers (the engineers) work. Since we're early stage, so far it's more common for engineers to discover CodeCrafters, sign up by themselves, and expense it to their company. That might explain why you can't find information about subscription on the intranet. We also do have cases where we work with companies to land team subscriptions, so if you'd be interested for us to engage with your company, feel free to drop me a note — sarup@codecrafters.io, and I'd love to help. It might be that the person you couldn't locate has moved on from the company, but I don't have a good explanation for why you couldn't find them on LinkedIn :-D If you emailed me, I could ask them and find out for you (for references, etc) — for most listed on the website, I've been in contact with them :)

bytelane 4y ago
Thanks for clarifying! I got excited that maybe there was a corporate subscription in place.
- sarupbanskota 4y ago
  Of course! Please feel free to drop me an email, I love working with engineers to get their companies team accounts. It's even more fun with colleagues :)
turtlebits 4y ago
It seems kind of disingenuous to show companies logos, when it could just be a random employee- let alone using the phrase "trusted by".
- m00dy 4y ago
  oh come on guys. "Trust by" sections are pure marketing bullshit. I wonder who really takes a step back and thinks about whether they are real or not. Welcome to Internet.
- molyss 4y ago
  Really nothing disingenuous here. “Trusted by top companies with learning budget” is pretty damn clear and accurate. All in the same font, so there’s no “fine print” argument to be had either.