How Codecademy (YC S11) Snagged 200,000 Users in Seven Days

Re:How Codecademy (YC S11) Snagged 200,000 Users in Seven Days by mrtunes on Thursday March 22, 2012 @03:45PM (#3741553)

i stopped doing the lessons because of a lot of crashes. things like including print statements would cause Chrome to invoke my physical printer.

i am curious how far the people who signed up during this big spurt are getting through the program, and if it can be evaluated against competitors like Treehouse?

overall i am a big fan of competition in the e-learning space, because it's a topic that hasn't receive much attention in the past (Kahn Academy is likely to thank).

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Re:How Codecademy (YC S11) Snagged 200,000 Users in Seven Days by allisonhouse on Thursday March 22, 2012 @09:49PM (#3743201)

I'm so sorry to hear that silly bug contributed to your departure! I'm the Lead Designer at Codecademy. We're a lot more stable these days (that printer bug was fixed right away)—if you decide to give us another try, we'd love to hear your feedback about the experience: contact (at) codecademy.com. (Zach, our co-founder, makes sure the whole team internalizes member feedback. :D) Either way, thanks for giving us a shot!

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