Who are we building this for?

Who are we building this for?
Award shows are deeply confusing to me. We reward the creators of movies, music, and now technology with a metal object. That’s not the reward. The reward is when people use the products we create. That’s it. There is no better high than seeing people enjoy the thing you created.

Codecademy founders get this. They won a Crunchie and had a customer accept the award and tell a story about how she is using Codecademy to advance her career by developing new skills. Beautiful.

I hope we all start doing this.
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  Movie Industry as well....only thing an award...opportunity...
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  Brilliant.
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  :)
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  On point.
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  So true. The codeacademy guys definitely get it.
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  I really like this.
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  Yep.
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