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/
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.