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June 22, 2012 05:25 pm GMT

Code Club Kiddie Panel Dismisses Web Superstars [VIDEO]




Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the man who is credited with creating the World Wide Web, would appear to have an impressive resume, but not to an exacting panel of 10-year-old judges.

"What do you think you bring to the table?" one of the interviewers asks Berners-Lee. "I invented the World Wide Web," he says shyly. Pause. "Anything else?"

Ouch.

Berners-Lee isn't the only tech star to get snubbed for a spot on Code Club, a U.K. nationwide network of volunteer-led after-school coding clubs for children aged 10-11. Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube, is asked "Did you do that one where the baby bites the other baby's finger?" one asks. "I don't make videos," Hurley says. "Next!" cries th…
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