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NYC Mayor Bloomberg Vows To Learn To Code In 2012

Posted by timothy on from the give-himself-a-fighting-chance dept.

theodp writes "New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced his intention to take a coding class in 2012 via Twitter ('My New Year's resolution is to learn to code with Codecademy in 2012! Join me.'). So, is this just a PR coup for Codeacademy, or could EE grad (Johns Hopkins, '64) Bloomberg — who parlayed the $10 million severance he received after being fired as head of systems development at Solomon Brothers into his $19.5 billion Bloomberg L.P. fortune — actually not know how to program? Seems unlikely, but if so, perhaps Bloomberg should just apply to be a Bloomberg Summer 2012 Software Development intern — smart money says he'd get the gig!"

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  1. Cobol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe he wants to know how to code in something besides cobol and fortran.

    1. Re:Cobol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Maybe he wants to know how to code in something besides cobol and fortran.

      Or morse...

    2. Re:Cobol by c++0xFF · · Score: 3, Funny

      He'll have to learn APL, or at least Perl. After all, he's going "to take a coding class in 2012 via Twitter." Anything else and the program won't fit in a single tweet!

      [rimshot]

  2. Bloomberg to Helpdesk: by mbkennel · · Score: 1, Funny

    Bloomberg: I need you to perform a privilege escalation on my compiler.
    Helpdesk: Before we proceed, can you describe the symptoms?
    Bloomberg: Yeah, it sometimes spits out some incomprehensible message, or the program says "Segmentation Fault." I don't care about its needs, I have work to do, now. So I'm calling in a privilege escalation. Now!
    Helpdesk: Sir, I'm not sure that's going to help, do you know what a privilege escalation means?
    Bloomberg: Yes, I think I do, or haven't you noticed that I'm the richest bleeping man in New York AND the mayor?
    Helpdesk: I'm very aware of that sir, but the compiler isn't familiar with your exalted position.
    Bloomberg: That's just the freaking point, you moron!! Do it now!
    Helpdesk: (sigh) (click click click) OK, sir, your compiler is now ultraprivileged. Have a nice day.
    Bloomberg: pathetic peons...he's probably not even one of my constitutents, so fuck him.

  3. My first program by jacobsm · · Score: 5, Funny

    10 Print "I've got lots of money"
    20 goto 10
    30 end

  4. Perl! by RobertRCleveland · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bloomberg should learn Perl. That'll make him ready for the Presidency! :)

  5. Re:Much rather by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd much rather he learn empathy, humility, and how to not be a giant fucking jackass.

    Well then, learning to code is definitely NOT the way to go.

    --
    Have gnu, will travel.
  6. This is not good. by Lord+Kano · · Score: 1, Funny

    Bloomberg is a narcissist, he's going to write a Hello World program and think he's an expert in all things technology related.

    LK

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    "Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano