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Re:Codecademy Partners With The White House by thmcmahon on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @11:39PM (#3477934)
You think it's beyond the scope of government to be assisting low-skilled people to gain skills and employment in quality jobs in industries with a future? I don't.

By all means reduce regulation to encourage job growth, but there's more than one way to skin a cat.

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Re:Codecademy Partners With The White House by mseebach on Wednesday January 18, 2012 @07:03AM (#3479204)
I don't think there's much a government of 350 million people can actively do to help here. Any practical, on-the-ground effort is bound to drown in bureaucracy.

But this is not, as I read between the lines, what is going on here: This is a PR/photo-op thing where the White House puts it's considerable PR clout behind CodeAcademy's meetup push - maybe there's some spare change to hire a couple of CA coordinators, but nothing significant.

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