What on Earth Happened to Codecademy?

[The Witchfinder General]

I remember this being a great learning tool a good few years back. I wanted to get back into coding and went to check it out and it's changed, massively. It seems they want to charge you for everything now too.

 

[ChrisFinchley]

I completely agree. I haven't been on there in a long time and just went to check it out then. I know websites need to modernize, but the theme for one doesn't sit right with me. The fact that they built a solid userbase up to then charge is both good business acumen and snake-like.

 

[Draconian]

Yes, I'm afraid that they got greedy and decided to make a lot of profit rather than focusing on helping people to learn. Al those links from the past (accidental Zelda reference) that were posted as a helpful, free learning resource now lead directly into the money pit.

 

[anirban1122]

i scared very few people always think about profit and business. Reason of this thought humanity & talent declining day by day.

 

[edwincoops]

They pulled a bait and switch.Make a product free until you have a large enough user base then monetize.

 

[Hank]

I believe that what happened to Codecademy was competition. It's something that's always present in every sector and if your project isn't ready to face it, it's going to be eliminated.

 

[Jon]

I used to love Codecademy, but it feels a lot more commercial now. The lessons are still useful, yet the platform seems less focused on the simple, fun learning experience it started with.

 

[Axel]

I have no idea what happened to Codecademy. I never used their services and as a result, I don't know anything about how the company's business activities panned out.