"Learn To Code, Get a Job" According To CNN

An anonymous reader writes "CNN is running an opinion article that talks about Michael Bloomberg's taking part in CodeAdacemy's CodeYear program, which aims to teach average people to learn enough to work as a Software Developer by year end. I'm trying to not be elitist in judging this article and those involved, but I'm curious as to what /. thinks of this questionable plan."

Lean?

[poet]

Don't we want all of our code lean?

Re:Lean?

[sunderland56]

No, it says lean-to code. As in coding while in a lean-to.

Maybe CNN should lean to speak English?

Re:Lean?

[stephanruby]

Lean to spel, get a job as a slasdot editor!

Here we go...

[wbr1]

main ()
{
printf )"Hello World! I am now a Software Developer!\n");
}


Congratulations, here is your certificate of completion.

Re:That's all we need

[Shajenko42]

Little Shop of Horrors teaches us that going to a dentist who loves being a dentist isn't necessarily a good thing...

Re:That's all we need

[MightyYar]

Sadists become dentists, programming is for the masochists.

Re:Here we go...

[wbr1]

No certificate for you until you figure out why that won't even compile.

loop until realization(errors)==sarcasm

Re:Lean?

[Ethanol-fueled]

It's a reference to Lean manufacturing [wikipedia.org], with the idea that anything more than a few lines of rudimentary Javascript is not value-added and therefore unnecessary for customer satisfaction.

I can see the job interviews now:

What's your alma mater?
Codecademy.
What projects have you worked on in the past?
At my last gig, I wrote a program to determine if a number was even or odd...in only ten lines!
Wow! So what can you bring to FizzBuzz industries as a software engineer?
Fizzbuzz.
Hired.

Re:Here we go...

[Anonymous Coward]

It's because he spelled print wrong, what a putz.

Re:Whats the big deal?

[Weezul]

There is an awful lot of need for javascript lackies so that real coders can do real work. bring em'. slap em' when they do badly.

Re:Lean?

[jhoegl]

Slashdots sandards are hi for that positron!

Re:Whats the big deal?

[Nerdfest]

Mmmmmm, Tasty, tasty elitism. They do say that you are what you eat.

Oh, good.

[Minwee]

At least thedailywtf.com [thedailywtf.com] will have an inexhaustible supply of new material once all of these people get exciting jobs in the fast-paced software industry.

Re:Lean?

[Monchanger]

Comments? What are those?

It's the random fluff you put in your code so you can increase the linecount and show your eight bosses how productive you've been.

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