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Developer Origin Story: Christine Beaubrun
Christine Beaubrun was a student in Flatiron School’s NYC Web Development Fellowship. Now she works as a developer at Intel. She originally posted this story in her blog. A man and a woman told me on two separate occasions “You don’t look like a programmer” and “You’re too creative to be a programmer.” Though their […]
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Today: Flatron School Science Fair
Meet great people—and great developers Good news! We’re about to graduate our biggest class of Ruby and iOS developers yet. In just 12 weeks, they’ve not only become promising developers, they’ve also built some mind-blowing apps. Today, we’re celebrating all their hard work at our Flatiron School Science Fair. If you’ve never been to one […]
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Stack Exchange Offers Eight Fellowships to Flatiron Women
Last month, we were so excited to work with Fog Creek Software to provide to eight newly-graduated Flatiron women with Fog Creek mentors and a seriously nice co-working spot. Today, the news gets even better! Stack Exchange has joined the Fellowship to offer another eight Flatiron women desk space in their office, experienced mentors—and […]
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A Tale of Two Georges: Refactoring History With the N+1 Problem
A very accurate historical account, originally posted by Ruby student Jess Rudder in her blog. The lower Manhattan ‘hood of the Flatiron School is steeped in history. But not just any history – Revolutionary History. And, as any red-blooded American with a patriotic tattoo will attest, there is no more historicky history than that because…‘Murica. […]
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ManhattanJS: Alumni Announcements, Presentation Slides, <3's
Every month, we’re really happy to host ManhattanJS, a group of JS enthusiasts (including a bunch of our alums!) who bring great programmers together to talk about their work, passions, and sometimes cats. Yesterday evening marked the latest of these gatherings—and we had a blast. Here’s proof! All photo credits go to the talented Matthew […]
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Flatiron School + Fog Creek
Sweet! Today is the day we get to tell you about the new Fog Creek Fellowship. We’re so excited to announce our brand new partnership with Fog Creek Software—creators of Trello, FogBugz, and Kiln. As part of a two-month fellowship program, Fog Creek will host and mentor a select group of freshly-graduated Flatiron women. Paired […]