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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!"

6 of 120 comments (clear)

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

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

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

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

  4. 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.