"The start-up has turned in to something of a zeitgeist and has even signed up the Mayor New York, Michael Bloomberg, who said he would learn code this year. London Mayor Boris Johnson, a man more at ease with Catullus than C++, was reported by the British Broadcasting Corp. to be “in awe” of Mr. Bloomberg."
"signed up the Mayor New York, Michael Bloomberg"
"London Mayor Boris Johnson, a man more at ease with Catullus than C++, was reported by the British Broadcasting Corp. to be “in awe” of Mr. Bloomberg.""
In awe of signing up apparently. Of course I have no personal knowledge of whether Bloomberg has actually done anything on codecademy since signing up. But I suspect he hasn't simply because of his busy schedule and limited utility for learning "to code".
It's amazing how things like this get repeated by the press though. As if signing up really means anything at all which it doesn't. It's like signing your name to a petition at the mall.
As if signing up really means anything at all which it doesn't. It's like signing your name to a petition at the mall.
Well signing your name to a petition can matter a whole lot when you're the Mayor of New York.
I get what you're saying, and I don't doubt that this is a publicity stunt to an extent. But still- Bloomberg has decided that learning to code is something he ought to promote and make visible to a wider audience. That's notable.
"Bloomberg has decided that learning to code is something he ought to promote"
Agree that it's notable. Keep in mind though that Bloomberg has ties to Fred Wilson of USV who invested in codecademy and codecademy is located in NYC (so even w/o the Wilson connection that's an axe to gore/grind whatever). Wilson opened http://afsenyc.org/
"signed up the Mayor New York, Michael Bloomberg"
"London Mayor Boris Johnson, a man more at ease with Catullus than C++, was reported by the British Broadcasting Corp. to be “in awe” of Mr. Bloomberg.""
In awe of signing up apparently. Of course I have no personal knowledge of whether Bloomberg has actually done anything on codecademy since signing up. But I suspect he hasn't simply because of his busy schedule and limited utility for learning "to code".
It's amazing how things like this get repeated by the press though. As if signing up really means anything at all which it doesn't. It's like signing your name to a petition at the mall.