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How to Alphabetize an Array of Strings for iOS

This post originally appeared on Ryan Rosello's blog. Read more at Ryan Rosello on Medium. Back in the old days — well, really just last week — I was working on an assignment and needed to alphabetize a mutable array of items inside a model shopping cart. This lead me on an internet journey through […]
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From C++ Engineer to Web Developer: How Randall Reed Is Honing His Craft [Q&A]

This post originally appeared in July 2015. Perhaps a bit unusually, Randall Reed had already been a developer for years before he applied to Flatiron School's Ruby class in 2014. During his job at Fast Enterprises, Randall provided tax software for government agencies all around the world. He worked in Boise, ID, Port of Spain, Trinidad, […]
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A 5 Step Guide to Quitting Your Job and Becoming a Developer

By Kate Travers, Web Developer on Learn I had to make the decision to leave my current job almost exactly a year ago. I’d spent most of my career working in the fine arts, but coding had always been a side passion — one that I found myself committing more and more of my time […]
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4 Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Started Programming

This blog is part of a continuous series that highlights experiences, insights, and tutorials from learning developers at Flatiron School in Web and iOS. By Gabi O'Connor I first became interested in programming at my previous job, where I worked in a non-tech role at a tech startup. Initially, I started learning in order to work […]
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Here’s What You Should Know About Graduation Rates in Higher Ed [Infographics]

Graduation rates in the United States are notorious for being abysmally low. Nearly half of students who enroll in college never end up finishing, which puts us at the lowest college completion rate in the developed world. This is a huge problem for many reasons — from the amount of debt people accrue to the importance employers […]
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Announcing Flatiron School’s 2015 Jobs Report

For the second year in a row, Flatiron School is proud to release a jobs report independently verified by a third party. But this is more than just a report — it is a symbol of our belief, and unyielding effort, to deliver on outcomes-based education. This is no small feat. It requires a dedicated […]