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An interview is like the professional version of show-and-tell. Not only should you be telling the hiring manager why you’d make an awesome hire, you should also be showing her you’d make an awesome hire.If you’re just entering the tech world—and don’t have a ton of actual on-the-job experience to discuss—that usually means rocking your […]

After graduating Hunter College in 2014 with dual degrees in Statistics & Applied Mathematics and Dance, Stephanie Guevara didn’t know what she wanted to do. A job in the Executive Development Program at Macy’s presented itself, but after completing the program and spending a year as an Assistant Buyer for Kitchen Electrics and Personal Care, […]

Yesterday, Flatiron School’s co-founder and Dean Avi Flombaum participated in an AMA session on GrowthHackers, an online community that promotes learning around techniques that drive business growth. The curious online audience asked questions on coding, entrepreneurship, and where the two fields intersect; Avi generously shared stories and lessons he’s learned as a lifelong programmer and […]

Imagine yourself five years from now. You’ve been asked to give a talk sharing how you quit your traditional job, went to coding school, and became a successful developer at a major tech company. After your speech, a ton of people rush up to you. They ask for your business card, your email address—some even […]

Last week, we shared four final projects from the ambitious students (now graduates) in  Flatiron School’s Full-Stack Web Development program. These projects included tools for communication among teams (GroupSlam) and mapping decision-making (Flipside) as well as apps that help connect restaurants with excess food to nonprofits (Fair/Fare) and artists to galleries (Art Space). What’s astounding […]

This post originally appeared on Course Report. Jennifer Sardina had a lot of interesting jobs, as a foreign language teacher, a chemistry lab technician, a health coach, and a full-time mom. But she wanted a career. She had never been interested in computers before, but when her brother gave her a programming book, she couldn’t […]